Tatting Tutorial for Complete Beginners #9

This is a step-by-step practice tutorial on how to make a very simply flower consists of the chains and rings combination.

Watch & Enjoy :)

Speedy Tatting ~ Fossils Earrings

Speedy Tatting series continues :)

The pattern for these earrings is mine and it  was inspired by Edwige Renaudin.

This is a variation of my previous earrings as I did omit the picots. I interlaced the ring different way and I made few rings more.

Watch & Enjoy :)

Wave bracelet design by Edwige Renaudin

I found the pattern for this bracelet in Edwige Renaudin book La Frivolite aux Navettes.

Except one small ring at the beginning, it consist of chains only and was tatted with Front side/ Back side tatting. All beads were strung on core thread.

The golden chains were made using ordinary DS and it was tatted from left to right. The blue chains on other hand was tatted from right to left without turning over using not flipped stitches.

It is nice & easy pattern for anyone who wish to start with Front/Back side tatting or just want to practice more :)

Fossil Earrings desing by Me

I've recently bought a french book La Frivolite aux navettes by Edwige Renaudin and I found few very interesting things there.

One of them was making multiple rings on split ring. As I don't speak french it was quite tricky to figure out the technique especially if the tatting was done Front side/Back side.

Once I got it and played with it the idea for these Fossil Earrings was born. For some reason I like them so much that I've made a few different color pairs already and the pattern is one of my favorite.

Despite their look they are easy and surprisingly very fast to make, about 30 minutes for one earring, and they are made by using Front/Back side tatting. They hold the shape very well just by the steaming them so no stiffening is necessary.

Maybe next time I'll put some beads there as well :)

Easy Flower Pattern ~EN~

Flower is designed by Me so please respect my intellectual property :0)

Flower consists of 5petals made of ring, one stem and 2 leaves.

You need to know how to make Double Stitch, Ring and Chain.

If you get stuck you can watch video HERE

Detailed pattern:

Start with first R(Ring) 23DS (Double stitch). Close the ring but not completely. Leave about 1cm (1/8 inch) of bare thread.

Make 4 more rings the same way as the first one and you should have 5 Rings in total now.

RW (Reverse Work) 

Make sure petals are not twisted.

Bring First and Last Ring very close together.

CH(Chain) 20DS (First DS of the chain connects First and Last Petal)

RW (Reverse Work - flip the work 180 degrees vertically )

R 30 DS (first leave)
R 25 DS (second leave)

Make a knot.

Hide the ends.

And do not forget to send me a photo of your flower :)

Brief Pattern:

*R23*, rep *.* 4 more times
Ch 20
R30
R25
Finish off.