That's it, it's the time of year... to start working on a new snowflake design! This time I asked one of my daughters to make a pre-selection of a few snowflakes she liked from my favourite book "Snowflakes in Photographs" by Wilson A. Bentley. Out of her selection, I chose this one.
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I always first do a rough sketch to see how I'd produce the shape in one pass because that's always my preferred option wherever possible. So with my pencil I'll draw the shape and see how it would flow and also start thinking about the number of stitches I think I'll need for each element.
Then I worked on how I'd make the tips:
Then I went ahead and started tatting the whole thing,
this is my first version:
A bit rough but not too bad though it's all a bit too tight
(and only looks ok because I've pinned it down for the photo!)
I'm still experimenting with different tips on this version
So that's where I'm at so far, I will continue work on it today. I think I may need to make either the centre bigger or the tips smaller as the proportions are not quite right (compared to photo of real snowflake) and it's all a bit too congested at the moment. It doesn't lie flat without a bit of help!
See you soon for the next versions!
Best wishes,
Frivole
