Belinda Spence put up a challenge in the facebook group Tatting the Australian Way. https://www.facebook.com/groups/847655165276159/ It was a free pattern and anyone could participate. Well....it LOOKED easy enough. But it actually has a more than usual level of concentration required, as we pretty much all found out! First attempt and I made the rookie mistake of thinking it was a rock along easy pattern so I used Alenalea Rako HDT...... and suffered the consequences. After attempt number 1.... after cutting out a repeat of the pattern because I joined in the wrong place (twice),I ended up untatting 9 rings in an attempt to not run out of thread. THIS is what I had left! This was the result of the first attempt. Really love Lea's HDT. Withstands unpicking beautifully and always feels great to tat with. So I decided to try it again..... This time with Altin Basak 50 in red and Butterfly gold thread Version 3 was a breeze. A couple of small unpicks and swearing at the fraying L...
Your tatting is so lovely. beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThese are exceptionally nice motifs. Or perhaps you are just an exceptionally good tatter and make them look outstanding. :-)
ReplyDeleteHello Liyarra,
ReplyDeleteYou worked the design very well. The thread is a lovely color and appears to tat nicely, with beautiful, even stitches. You did great work. So I wonder: What is wrong with the thread?
Hegla
I love that motif also and the thread!! What a good color
ReplyDeleteThank you for such nice comments.
ReplyDeleteGina - no, the motifs are just THE best.
Hegla - the thread is really hard to deal with - it twists a lot. I guess after using the Lizbeth - (which cooperated with me) this one felt all unco. I find the Altin Basak has a lot of stretch to it when I use it. I have to concentrate hard to get even stitches.
This one really jumps off the page (or screen!). Your tatting is so perfect, and I'm curious how you hide your threads.
ReplyDeleteI've never tatted with this thread, so your comments about it are interesting. You seem to have 'tamed the beast', so to speak. At first glance, I thought it WAS Lizbeth.
You're making me want that Frauberger book!