Chain Bracelet

This chain bracelet is an example how to interlace a rings and split rings in a different way instead of traditional stacking rings on top of each other.

I used 4 shuttles, 2 different colors and LOTS of patience :)  as it was challenging from time to time get four shuttles organized.

Although, it was time consuming I would tat it again as I like the finished effect.

Silk Knot Cufflinks

I have made these cufflinks after I'd bought a nice shirt without any sleeve buttons, just holes, which unfortunately I realized after I got home.

After a little bit of searching I came across of an idea to make some on my own as I was not willing to pay for the overpriced ones from shop.

Surprisingly, silk knot cufflinks are VERY easy to make and they cost me about 20p per one color pair, about 50p for multicolored one and it took me about 1 minute to make one pair :)

Leafy Snail design by Me

I started to tat this motif because I was incredibly  bored and I wanted to put my energy into something creative.

At the beginning it was supposed to be a simply bracelet but I lost myself in the time and released that the piece was longer than expected :)

Good news is that I can wrap it around my wrist exactly three times so it still makes a nice layered leafy bracelet for summer.

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 :)

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 :)

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 :)

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.

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 :)

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 :)