Speedy Tatting ~ Spring Earrings

When I was tatting the Spring earrings I recorded the whole process from the beginning to the complete end and I finally had a chance to edit it a little bit.

You can watch now how they were done by either clicking HERE or on the picture.

Watch & Enjoy :)

Let me know what you think :)

Glass Mat in Progress design by Mary Konior

Had a very busy week at work so I was trying to relax a little bit at evenings and enjoy myself.

I dug up the book Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior and found the Glass Mat diagram there.

Very basic and very repetitive so I didn't really need to concentrate that much on pattern. I just could switch my mind off for a while and tat
which I appreciated a lot.

It was like a meditation but with tatting :)

Hmm, maybe I can call it tattingation? :D

Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #4

I've just released the video #4 Double Stitch which is obviously about how to tat a double stitch ;)

To watch it click HERE. 

For English description feel free to turn the captions on.

Watch and Enjoy :)

Let me know if there is something unclear or most importantly how easy or hard was your first Double Stitch.

Good luck

Roundabout Earrings design by Marilee Rockley

These earrings are also designed by Marilee Rockley and you can find the pattern for free HERE or on her BLOG.

These were very first thing I tatted with beads. The pattern on its own is quite easy, just working with the beads might me a little bit fiddly first time until you find out the way how to handle them :)

Overall they look nice, it was fun to make them and finally I found some use for all those teeny-tiny beads I've been collecting for years and never had use for them :)

Gluing Myself a Table

I have been playing with the idea to build my own table for about two weeks now because I could not see the table, with specific measurements that I want, anywhere or at least not for reasonable price.

Initially, I wanted to build it out of plastic plumbing pipes but it is hard to get them here unless you buy in large bulks and cost would be quite high anyway. And I need to mention that I have no drill and that would add to the cost also so I quickly dismissed this option.

Then a brilliant idea came to me. Build it from old cardboard boxes! :)

I LOVE recycling so it makes this project perfect. No harsh chemicals are used so if you have kids you can turn the building table into family weekend fun.

I started hoarding materials. I got an ordinary school safe PVA glue, cutter for cutting cardboard, acrylic color to make it waterproof when it's finished and of course lots of cardboard boxes.

If you don't have any place to get the boxes from, go and ask at your grocery supermarket. I am sure they will be more than happy to give you some.

I will keep you posted with the progress once I do some REAL work.

Wish me luck :)

Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #3

Video #3 Holding Thread is out now. For English captions just turn them on :)

Click HERE to watch.

Feel Free to let me know your thoughts   :)

Compass Pendant design by Marilee Rockley

This pattern is also from Tatted Jewelry book written by Marilee Rockley.

This pendant is made out of two rounds.

The first round was nice and easy.

Second one was a little bit tricky as the pattern called for a lock join with  shuttle 2  instead of shuttle 1 (core thread) at some places. Hadn't heard of it before so it took me a while to figure out what it was.

I don't really like the final result so it is very unlikely that I will tat it again but nice practice though :)

Spring Earrings design by Me

I made these earrings based on Marilee Rockley's blue Earrings and necklace set.

As I didn't have a pattern I made my own.

I skipped all picots and put some beads instead of them. They remind me of Spring for some reason thus the name. Maybe because of  the colours?

Anyhow, one earring took me about 25 minutes to make. The pattern is quite easy so I was able to watch telly while tatting :)

Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #2

Video #2 of my Tatting tutorial for complete beginners is out now :)

For English description you can turn the captions/subtitles on.

To watch the video you can click HERE .

Have a nice Day

Keyed Up Earrings design by Marilee Rockley

The pattern for this pair of earrings can be also found in Marilee Rockley's book Tatted Jewelry as it was mentioned in my previous post. 

Once I drew the diagram it was very easy and enjoyable to tat them :)

I was very impressed when they were done to be honest as I didn't expect such a good result. I like them very much and this is a definitely "will do again" pattern for me.

BTW you don't even have to stiffen them :)

Carnival Earrings design by Marilee Rockley

I have recently purchased Tatted Jewelry book written by Marilee Rockley and these Carnival Earrings are the first pattern in it.

It was very easy to make them, even though in the book is no diagram whatsoever and I had to draw my own as I prefer to have a visual patterns to written ones. Later on, I found out that the pattern WITH the diagram is on her website.

Anyway, it took me less than 30 minutes to make one earring so in less than one hour you will end up with one lovely pair to put into your jewelry collection :) 

Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #1

Video #1 of my Tatting tutorial for complete beginners is out now :)

For English description you can turn the captions/subtitles on.

To watch the video you can click HERE .

Watch & Enjoy