The gradual slide into Addiction.......Shuttle addiction that is.....
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Deceptive patterns
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...
Tolle Sammlung!! Da muss ich mich noch sehr anstrengen, ich habe es bis jetzt auf 10 Stück gebracht.
ReplyDeleteLieben Gruss Cornelia
Thanks Cornelia, You will find the collections grow very fast when people keep showing you new ones to try!
DeleteIt is an addiction! Some day I'll gather mine together for another picture... it's been several years. I just can't help myself!
ReplyDeleteYes your collection has grown, how many do you actually use and how many just sit and look good, you have my milwards there on cards, mine and those wonderful little hooks are used every day, brought back in 1971 and still going strong,
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DeleteThe ones on the cards or in packaging stay that way but every other shuttle in my collection has been used on at least one project since I have had it. I change my preferences for shuttles often and some are better for a particular type of pattern or thread. All in all they are my collection of "pretties" and they don't take up much room. They get a fair share of attention!
DeleteI was examining the first two pictures, looking at all the shuttle types, thinking "this isn't very much." Then I scrolled down to the last two, and was taken by surprise! That's an impressive collection, and I like the storage drawers too. I keep looking for things in antique malls to better house my small collection.
ReplyDeleteThe toolchest is great. It is for dies and tools and is lined already with fabric. Ben bought it for me in 2012 and it has been fantastic!
DeleteOh my goodness!!! That is a lot of shuttles!!! I don't have anywhere near that many, but......with the many that I do have-I hardly ever see them since they are all on projects somewhere(smiles slighly embarrassed). :)
ReplyDeleteWow. Amazing Collection.
ReplyDeleteI really do have to do a round up.... Just realise I don't immediately remember where my NATA shuttle is ...... The things that keep tatters awake at night..... =)
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