tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post3683640346903475646..comments2024-03-28T17:25:28.048+00:00Comments on Le Blog de Frivole: Vintage PatternsFrivolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318670621310820581noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-45668500203814219062013-01-18T18:48:43.246+00:002013-01-18T18:48:43.246+00:00Hi Rose-Marie, thank you for your comment. I'm...Hi Rose-Marie, thank you for your comment. I'm glad you said. I want people to feel happy while they're visiting my blog... not annoyed!Frivolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318670621310820581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-77798658236172888032013-01-18T17:56:28.047+00:002013-01-18T17:56:28.047+00:00The second round on Anne Orr's pattern is very...The second round on Anne Orr's pattern is very pretty indeed; I can see why you want to noodle this one out. I'm dying to see the original photo now! Hopefully your strategy of adding the inner row later will solve the problem...looks like it's going to need to be considerably smaller than the original. <br /><br />The butterfly cursor is fun but actually, it's better for me personally with a plain one. I like to be able to trace over photos with a cursor so I can understand the pattern better, and the butterfly gets in my way. Just a picky personal preference, but you asked. :0)Rose-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125239149179291715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-14274077323635345372013-01-18T08:45:36.158+00:002013-01-18T08:45:36.158+00:00Hi Marla! Yes, I'm a firm tatter too - not ti...Hi Marla! Yes, I'm a firm tatter too - not tight - but firm. :-) And you are right that old patterns often seem to be tatted in a very loose manner, with sometime floppy-looking chains! So of course, when we tat them, the stitch count just doesn't work.Frivolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318670621310820581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-18409736667113750052013-01-18T08:43:02.418+00:002013-01-18T08:43:02.418+00:00Hi Kathy,
I was interested about you said about A...Hi Kathy,<br /><br />I was interested about you said about Anne Orr. I must admit, I never looked into it before but it does say on the back of the book that it is a collection of 90 of her own most beautiful tatting patterns... which would lead one to believe that they are her own designs?<br /><br />Don't know if anyone else knows more about her...Frivolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318670621310820581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-87906893066347289252013-01-18T04:58:16.198+00:002013-01-18T04:58:16.198+00:00I know that my experience with old patterns is tha...I know that my experience with old patterns is that I am a tight & firm tatter.... Looking at the old patterns it seems like they tat more loosely and that seems to throw the stitch count off for me... I know that doesn't make a lot of sense but that is how I figure it. I will be interested in seeing how you work it out. I know it will be lovely!Marlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775026509409018197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-21803427211501833722013-01-17T23:19:39.469+00:002013-01-17T23:19:39.469+00:00That's exactly why I shy away from the older p...That's exactly why I shy away from the older patterns. I guess I'm too impatient to figure it all out. The butterfly cursor has not been a problem for me.Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032689683092213368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-16335538763574058332013-01-17T21:46:43.574+00:002013-01-17T21:46:43.574+00:00I have found that to be an issue too. have fun fig...I have found that to be an issue too. have fun figuring it out. <br />I have not found any trouble with the butterfly.Ladytatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-43521653175176151712013-01-17T17:50:38.506+00:002013-01-17T17:50:38.506+00:00It's difficult keeping up with your posts! So...It's difficult keeping up with your posts! So many interesting topics and such beautiful tatting! Love the Wildflower thread motif, and the gorgeous Rose BonBon. Then there is the spectacular Burda doily! Just looking at it stopped me in my tracks! I can't even fathom making it! <br /><br />This post reminds me of my 'mutant' eight-pointed tatted snowflake (from my early days of tatting in the early '90s) that came about because it obviously wasn't going to work out as the six-pointed one in the pattern I was following! I still haven't gone back to the pattern to figure out why that happened! Your doing the second round first should clear up how the first round can be modified! <br /><br />I'm curious about Anne Orr's books. We are very much indebted to her for publishing these patterns and keeping them alive; but I believe they are a compilation of patterns done by unknown tatters! I'm so glad that today we go to great lengths to give credit to the designers! My research shows that Anne Orr did very little, if any, tatting; but she did a great service in re-publishing these patterns. No doubt there was no credit given even in the first publication! So sad! <br /><br />I have to thank you for that great video showing the split chain! Although I haven't tried it yet, you've made it very clear HOW to do it, and I also thank Marie Smith for this method, which really seems to make it easier to do!<br /><br /> Kathy Niklewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471658272689112787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114660986925655424.post-163162790270353952013-01-17T17:11:00.309+00:002013-01-17T17:11:00.309+00:00Oh dear it looks a bit wobbly, I am sure this wil...Oh dear it looks a bit wobbly, I am sure this will look lovely when you have finished playing.<br />I look forward to seeing what you do in the end<br />MargaretMargarets designer cardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649752567816134409noreply@blogger.com