Speedy Tatting ~ Wave Bracelet

Speedy Tatting series continue with this Wave Bracelet. Design is from book La Frivolite aux Navettes Volume 1 by Edwige Renaudin.

Watch & Enjoy :)

Use Those Useless Endings :)

I don't  consider myself as a proper hoarder but I really don't like to throw away anything what can be useful for something.

This is one of the reasons why I keep all the thread scraps.

As we all know we should keep bands from thread balls as they have all those important information about thread like color No, dye lot and so on.

To make my bands nicely organized I usually make a little thread sample out of the scraps and then sellotape it on the band or I just use "bad beginnings" which were easier to cut off than undo.

If I've collected enough of thread scraps I use them as a stuffing to my crochet projects like keyrings  or some miniatures.

Do you have any good ideas on how to use them? 

Please share with me I'll be glad to hear them :)

Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #8

Come and tat with me this easy beginner's FLOWER step-by-step HERE 

The design is mine and is intended for all of you who wish to practise some basics of tatting.

If you made this Flower feel free to share the pic of it with me :)

Happy Tatting

Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #7

How to combine Ring with Chain and Ring with Ring video tutorial is out now.

Watch HERE & Enjoy :)

Basket Pendants design by Sumie

The pattern for these cute basket pendants is from the Japanese book "Tatting lace for the first time" or another translation is "My first tatting lace" (as I don't speak Japanese not sure which one is more accurate :) wrote by Sumie.

The red one is made by almost following the pattern to the dot.

It consists of three rounds plus the handles. Originally, every round starts with a new thread so it means hiding ends every time you finish the round and because I didn't like that I've made some adjustments. I used split rings, mock picots and split chain to avoid starting each round with the new thread.

The gold basket was made by using the same pattern except I did omit all ornamental picots as I found them quite overwhelming.

One basket took about 60 minutes to tat and the video of how I made it can be watched by clicking HERE.

Have a nice day :)

Speedy Tatting ~ Basket Pendant

My new video Basket Pendant from Speedy Tatting series is out now.

Watch & Enjoy :)

Split Ring Bracelet

I hadn't done anything with split rings for a while so I made this bracelet.

It's based on Jane Eborall pattern which can be found HERE.

I used just the center part of the pattern as I wanted to make some nice bracelet to match the Roundabout earrings.

Tatting is a nice way how to spend a lunch breaks :)

Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #6

Video #6 Ring is out now. For English captions just turn them on :)

Click HERE to watch.

Watch & Enjoy   :)

Glass Mat by Mary Konoir

As I previously mentioned this pattern can be found in the book Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior.

I did alternate the centre of the mat, as I felt creative, so I made a triangle instead of circle.

The pattern on its own could not be simpler, just basic rings and chains but finished result looks quite complicated and effective.

It measures about 15cm / 5.9 inches across.

As I am not real a fan of doilies, I just like to tat them, I will try to find a good home for this one :)

Glass Mat IN PROGRESS.

Getting Higher and Higher ~ Cardboard table continues

I have not forgotten about building myself a cardboard table yet, it is just more time consuming than I initially  thought.

It's mainly because I've chosen to go probably the most complicated way possible as I like a challenge. Good think about that is that I will recycle far most cardboard "waste" :D

So far I've managed to cut about 74 cardboard squares per one leg. Each square is about 7x7cm or 2.8x2.8inches. There are 296 square altogether at the moment and I glued them to make four equal table legs.

One leg measures 71 cm or 28 inches now which is close to the half of height of the table that I want.

Just another 300 squares and I'll be done with legs :)

Gluing Myself a Table Part1

Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #5

And video tutorial continues :)

For how to tat a chain feel free to click HERE.

Have a nice day