pattern for the rose stud earrings

Unnatural Rose, I would say! This flower grows from the petals towards the center!

The pic below (posted in Fb few days ago) was the first prototype. Then I found a way to make it as if it was a bezel embellishment. This means the pattern can be adapted for brooches or tatted ice drops, any size, just increasing the number of petals and the number of rings tatted for the cabochon (yet to be tried).

I designed two patterns, one for the cabochon size 8mm, the other for the cabochon size 6mm, shown in next pic:

“Unnatural Rose”  - Link to pdf (two patterns) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cwBe5_pU8tglX0E4kOxisH-k_zwAhgmw/view

I tatted the “Unnatural Rose” with 2 shuttles loaded CTM. The patterns have two parts: the Petals, then the Centre. In both patterns I started from the petals. The Petals are thrown/floating rings around a mock ring. Do not cut the thread after the Petals, leave a mock picot and start the Centre, which is the bezel motif that goes around the cabochon.

- 6mm Swarovski 5817 Pearl Cabochon Crystal Light Grey, which I used with metallic Sanbest thread, blue and light blue 3 strands, white and silver 4 strands.

- 8mm Swarovski 5817 Pearl Cabochon Crystal White, which I used with the gold metallic Sanbest thread, 4 strands.

When all the tatting is done, pass a loop of thread through picots in the rings of the Center. Pass the shuttle inside that loop but do not pull yet.

Then you can pick your pin cabochon and do the final step (see pictures 4 and 8). Put the pin through the mock ring of the Petals and position the side with the cabochon under the Centre.

Pull the thread to close the loop and trap the cabochon. Make 2 or 3 knots with the tails and cut them. There’s no need to sew the tails. 

Ciao, Ninetta

vintage trees

My tatting today is for the "Endrucks 1920" project. It is a collective project. It all started here:  https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2015/11/pattern-eleonores-angels.html

That is only a short sample for the pattern #8 in the "Schiffchen-Spitzen" book, by E.Endrucks, from 1920, it is available here: http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/publicindex.html

(direct link: http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/endrucks/eleonoreendrucks-leichtensternschiffchenspitzenbook1920.pdf)

It is an edging and in the book's picture it is shown upside down, that is the bottom part is the side that should be attached to the fabric. It's lovely, it looks like trees, maybe the single tree can be used in greeting cards, just an idea.

It could have been one shuttle and ball pattern but there's one thrown off (floating) ring, that makes it a 2 shuttles pattern. You can start CTM, all one colour, but I chose to tat it in two colours to better follow the pattern. Thread is DMC Special Dentelles size 80.

The dense trunk is block tatting, you can follow your favourite method to do it. I tatted the rows in a way similar to that explained in Julie Patterson's drawing (2006): https://www.georgiaseitz.com/2012/blockpatterson.jpg

Each row is connected to the previous row with lock joins. But that is not the only way to join. I have a video in my channel in YouTube, comparing the Patterson's joining method to Jane Eborall's method (2007, amended in 2013: https://janeeborall.freeservers.com/BlockTattingEasy.pdf ). This is the link to the video in YouTube: https://youtu.be/oxGV7b3xK20. I think that if you use the J.Eborall's way of joining, you would need to leave very small picots in all rows for the trunk, just after each join, but I haven't tried that.

About YouTube, I'd like sending you all my heartfelt thanks, for I reached 1K subscribers on my channel! That is amazing, I can't believe it! Thank you, thank you! It's a long time since my last video, I don't know when I will post another one. With the "kids' restrictions" they deleted all comments and I lost the infos like the date posted, but I hope that it's not a problem! Videos are still there!

I've uploaded my diagram in Flickr (click to see a better image):

You have already noticed that in the diagram and in my tatting the first row was tatted, then I reversed work and tatted the first ring, then I didn't reverse work and switched shuttle, tatting the second row for the trunk. On the second row, there's no need to leave small picots because the lock joins itself let a very small space.

If you tat only one "tree" and attach the last ring to the first, a little tube will pop up. Sometimes it happens that you find things by chance, so... That are the earrings that sprung up from the tree:

The bottom part is a separated element, 4 rings flower (all 6-6-6-6 rings joined at the first picot), that contains the 8mm pearl, topped by a 6mm bicone swarovski; the "leaves" below are two rings, (21ds-3ds, and 3ds+21ds). I put 2mm bicone swarovski on picots, added one onion ring at the base of the "vintage tree" and finished with an SSSR, like in Miranda's tutorial -  http://tattingfool.blogspot.it/2011/07/finishing-with-sssr.html

Ciao,
Ninetta

swirling earrings

Thread is Sanbest metallic 4 strands, color number 1565. Pattern is the centre of the "swirling butterflies" doily (you can find the link in the patterns page in the menu bar).

With another background:

Ciao,

Ninetta

no mirror, no tiling

Celtic earrings with treble tatting stitches.

What does the title mean? You're right, I should know...

 

Browsing the web - trying to find any instructive site about celtic knots - I've found that Wikipedia has an entry and that at the end of the page there are some very interesting links.

One of those, it is an online celtic knot generator: http://obyx.org/knots.obyx

I filled the form with parameters: (3,2,0,0,no mirror, no tiling), and every time you click the "regenerate" button, you get few different drawings. I chose two of them and tried to transpose to tatting.

Thread is 4 strands Sanbest metallic thread, color numbers 17 and 1565.

If you like them, I can share the pattern. It is true celtic, because I started from celtic drawings, but they can be easily tatted with one shuttle and the ball, the weaving part being only at the end.

It's been very hard sewing ends, it seems that my eyesight is getting worse... I used the camera as it was a magnifying glass! It works wonderfully!

Ciao,

Ninetta

UPDATE: Please refer to the page "Treble Tatting Stitch - Summary" - https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_95.html for any info about treble tatting stitches, thank you.

learning the celtic knot

I made that earrings up for the Italian Facebook group, in which we are tatting together and learning what celtic tatting is.

It's not very original, it just helped me to understand the celtic knot. 

Some links where I found instructions:

- a video by Karen Cabrera, Frivolite tatting lesson 82 Nudo celta celtic knot: https://youtu.be/FAAEnw50YbLQ 

- the pattern at the end of Karen's video is by Heather Cook, I found it here, with her instruction - even it is different, it's a knot with two chains - (I thank her also for the tips for drawing):  http://www.tattedtreasures.com/2011/11/easy-celtic-motif-pattern/

- Ruth Perry (aka Rozella Linden) wrote many books with celtic patterns (that I don't  have) and she has a blog and a site where she shares some of her patterns for free: https://rozellalinden.net/free/
http://rozellalinden.blogspot.com/

- Wally Sosa wrote one book that is still available for purchase, I bought it some years ago: https://www.etsy.com/listing/34199697/book-celtic-tatting-with-a-twist

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After the celtic knot, that I closed with a lock join to the starting picot, I didn't cut the thread. 

I tatted a ring 8-8ds, leaving a very small bare thread space, then I curled and blocked it in position (with a normal join), over the lock join, moving both threads up to continue.

To insert the earrings' post, I used the same method and stitch count that I used for the earrings in the "Parure Anne", that I explained here: https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2020/06/parure-anne-with-pattern.html#Anneorrearringspattern

Actually the celtic knot is just a knot and it needs a rope to be knotted! Then, I tatted a long chain of 120 ds.

Starting a 'dead end chain' may be done in few different ways, there's a blog post by Muskaan with links and pics: 

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2015/03/dead-end-start-to-split-chains.html

Here I choose the method suggested by Sue Hanson, making a mock picot and second half ds unflipped and using a short loop of thread in place of the paper clip, that is because I used the starting point of the chain to weave the celtic knot.

The difficult here is to keep an even tension through the chain. It needs a little exercise. I suggest to push the stitches as you go and pay attention to don't let behind unwanted small picots.

I prepared a drawing that helped me to make the knot and my first attempt was with a shoelace. Starting from the asterisk, I pinned the last ds of the chain and followed carefully my line, passing over and under. Then I joined the two ends with a lock join.

Hope to see your tatted celtic knot soon! Join us on Facebook!

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Woo-hoo! This is my 500th post!!! Thank you everyone for your kind support 🙏 ❤!

Ciao, 

Ninetta 

Lorella

Pattern is by Lorella Fanotti, you can find her in Facebook 

UPDATE: she posted the pattern with instructions for the needle, in her blog here:  http://macchecrochet.blogspot.com/2020/03/blog-post.html

Thread is Sanbest metallic, colour numbers 88-51 and 108.

She needle tats, while I used 4 shuttles and it was quite a puzzle!

Ciao, 

Ninetta

pattern for the tiffany bezel

That is the pattern for tatting around a rivoli 14mm with a thread size 20, the same that I showed in previous post:
https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2020/06/tiffany-bezel.html

I've used Sanbest metallic 4 strands, colour number 121, a rivoli Swarovski Peridot 14mm, and 8 miyuki delica seed beads 15/0.

(In theory, with slight modifications, the pattern could be adapted to different size for rivoli and thread.)

LEGEND
ds : double tatting stitch
tds : treble tatting stitch
b : bead 
vsp : very small picot
R : ring
SR : Split Ring

vsp : very small picot

Wound 2 shuttles CTM, loading 8 beads in the core shuttle.

Start a ring:
Notice that this ring starts directly with treble tatting stitches:
https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2019/02/jumping-in-place-starting-without-very.html

R (put 1b in the loop): 3tds,b,3tds,b,3tds,b,3tds,b,3tds,b,3tds,b,3tds,b,2tds,vsp,1ds.

Close the ring and climb out in this way:
- Take a loop of the core shuttle's thread, through the last very small picot.
- Then, take another loop of the core thread and pull it through the previous loop. 
- Slip the other shuttle through the loop thus formed. 
- Pull the core shuttle tight. 

Then, there's the back side, that is all rings:
SR: 6ds / 6ds
R: 6ds, join to the next hidden picot (same place of each bead underneath), 6ds.

Repeat R for 6 times.
- Insert the rivoli -
Finish with a split ring:
SR: 6ds (join to the last hidden picot) / 6ds.

To insert the earrings' post, I used the same method that I used for the earrings in the "Parure Anne", that I explained here: https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2020/06/parure-anne-with-pattern.html#Anneorrearringspattern

That is:

SR (name it A): 8ds-8ds
SR (name it B): 8ds-8ds

Multiple onion ring:
innermost ring: 6ds-6ds.
second inner ring: 8ds, onion ring join, picot, 8ds.
outer/third SPLIT ring: 12ds, onion ring join, picot, 12ds.
Finish with a small ring of 8 double stitches (I ended with the SSSR method by Miranda).

Assembling:
Insert the small ring, from front to back inside the SR named A, then pick up the post and put it between the multiple onion ring and the SR named B, then inside the small ring.
I finished it sewing small ring and SR B together with a needle, using 2 strands of my thread.

Ciao,

Ninetta

UPDATE: Please refer to the page "Treble Tatting Stitch - Summary" - https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_95.html for any info about treble tatting stitches, thank you.

Parure “Anne” - with pattern

I’ve been updating my tutorials' and patterns’ pages, with links and pictures. Please if you find any oversight from my side, leave a comment in the corresponding blog post. Thank you very much for your help.

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For tatting the bracelet, I’ve followed almost Anne Orr's pattern for an edging. It is from J&P Coats Crochet, Cross Stitch & Tatting Book #14, 1923. (Tatting is at pages 7 and 8.)
The edging is the fourth starting from the top, at page 7:
https://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/anneorr/book14/ao_p_7.jpg

To have the inner ring coloured (blue in my sample), split rings are tatted with 3 shuttles, two of them are for the split rings, the third shuttle/thread is hidden inside the reverse side of the SR, and it is used to tat the inner ring.
I tatted my bracelet with only 2 shuttles, the inner ring is tatted and joined to the outer ring using the same method that I explained here: Anne Orr's Slip Join (AOSJ) – pics 43 & 44
 
In the next, numbers without other indications are double stitch count.
ds = double stitch
- = picot
+ = normal up join
R = ring
SR = split ring
OR = onion ring
AOSJ = Anne Orr's Slip Join
SSSR = single shuttle split ring

Anne Orr’s pattern for edging with split onion rings:
SR: 8-1- (stop and then tat 1-8 ds after the reversed side) / 9 [R:10 AOSJ 10] 9.
Repeat for the desired length.

My bracelet’s pattern:
Bicones and pearls are 4mm. Thread is Sanbest col.num. 108 (4 strands, very similar to a size 20 cotton thread). I put the beads using this method: Bead in face-inward picot https://flic.kr/p/mTMZeB
Start with a ring: 12.
SR: 9- (stop and then tat 9 ds after the reversed side) / 9, [inner R:4, insert bead, 4, AOSJ 4, join the picot for bead, 4 ], 9.
Repeat split rings for the desired length.
Finish with a ring: 12.

I usually use this method to finish the last ring of my bracelets: Finishing with SSSR (http://tattingfool.blogspot.com/2011/07/finishing-with-sssr.html)

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The pendant’s pattern starts with an onion ring with true rings (https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-onion-dilemma.html):

Onion ring:
- Inner ring: R:4, insert bicone, 4, AOSJ 4, join the picot for bicone, 4.
- Outer ring: 6-6-6 onion ring join 6-6-6

Then I climbed to the second round in the same way I used for the "square medallion in leaf design", described here: https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2020/05/mock-and-split-but-still-genuine.html.
Rings’ stitch count in the second round is the same as the central true onion rings, but they are all split onion rings, like in the bracelet and in the Anne Orr’s "square medallion in leaf design".
(Note for myself: this second round needs a drawing)

Then I climbed to a third round (the first bigger ring is a split ring):
SR: 6-6; Repeat for 3 times.
SR: 6 / 3, [bigger ring: 6, insert pearl, 2+8+2, join the picot for pearl, 6], 3. (bigger ring is joined twice to the second round)
Repeat all around,
then finish with a round of Chains: 8, lock join to split rings’ base.

The pendant ends with a split chain and a multiple onion ring, that is 3 true onion rings and one mock ring (“6.2.2 Inner and median true rings and outer mock ring”, it is for 3 rings but it is the same method with 4 concentric rings).

I “copied” the idea from Muskaan, who used a folded multiple onion ring to have a loop/hook where passing the chain through (Thank you Muskaan!). This is the link to her original post: https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2015/04/parallel-tracks.html

Curled onion ring:
innermost ring: 6-6.
second inner ring: 8 onion ring join, picot, 8.
third inner ring: 12 onion ring join, picot, 12.
outer mock ring: 14 onion ring join, picot, 14.
Fold it over and tie threads.

The necklace is a line of split rings, all are 8-8.

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Earrings’ pattern:
The earrings’s onion rings are tatted with the same stitch count of the bracelet.
It starts with an onion ring:
Inner ring: R:4, insert pearl, 4, AOSJ 4, join the picot for pearl, 4.
Outer ring: 18 onion ring join 18.
SR: 9- (stop and then tat 9 ds after the reversed side) / 9, [inner R:4, insert bead, 4, AOSJ 4, join the picot for bead, 4 ], 9.
SR (name it A): 8-8
SR (name it B): 8-8

Multiple onion ring:
innermost ring: 6-6.
second inner ring: 8 onion ring join, picot, 8.
outer/third SPLIT ring: 12 onion ring join, picot, 12.
Finish with a small ring of 8 double stitches (I ended with the SSSR method by Miranda).

Then, to insert the earrings’ post, please look at next pictures: insert the small ring, from front to back inside the SR named A, then pick up the post and put it between the multiple onion ring and the SR named B, then inside the small ring.

I finished it sewing small ring and SR B together with a needle, using 2 strands of my thread.

That is a close up of the earrings, front and back:

Ciao,
Ninetta

giggly earrings

After the bracelet of previous post, I went on playing with rings and chains and found other ways to interlace them to obtain nice effects.

For the earrings that are in the last picture of this post, I tatted few rings with only one shuttle, with beads in between:

I used beads instead of chains because I like them more than simple chains in a pair of earrings, they look fresh and fun.

Thread is Penny 20 by Fili &Gioielli a chiacchierino, from Edda Guastalla's shop, it is like a cotton size 20.

Pattern (only one shuttle and beads):
Beads are pre-loaded, I've used a mix of miyuki 11/0 and rocailles 15/0
ds = double stitch.
Start with ring G in next picture. Rings are named with letters in reverse order because that way it will be easier to explain during the interlacing steps.

Ring G: 8ds
Chain: 12ds
Ring F: 30ds
---Slide 21 beads
Ring E: 26ds
---Slide 31 beads 
Ring D: 22ds
---Slide 41 beads 
Ring C: 18ds
---Slide 51 beads 
Ring B: 14ds
---Slide 61 beads 
Ring A: 14ds, tie and cut thread.

How to interlace:

1. Pass B throughout A

2. Pass C throughout A
3. then pass B throughout C

4. Pass D throughout A
5. Pass both C&B throughout D

6. Pass E throughout A
7. Pass D&C&B throughout E

8. Pass F throughout A
9. Pass E&D&C&B throughout F

Then you need to block everything with the last chain and ring. That is:

10. Pass G inside and from front to back under F. Reverse the work and pull G throughout all loops with beads
11. Block together rings A and G (I've used a french hook).

Enjoy your new earrings!

🌸🌸🌸 Before I left, just an extra giggle from my side... I tried many versions before the one shared here, I couldn't find the right stitches' count at the first try, neither the right number of beads. Then I found that the odd number of beads (21,31, etc.) fits good for the dangling effect and the even number of ds (30,26,22...) worked well for rings... That was one of those funny moments, when what you needed was only a coffee break... ☕☕☕

Ciao,
Ninetta

pattern ready for Valentine

This is the pattern for the earrings I showed in previous post, only text.

CTM= continuous thread method;
ds=double stitch;
tds=treble tatting stitch;
hidden picot= a very small picot every each tds;
LJ= lock join;
JSS= Join to the Smooth Side (Anne Dyer's join)

Elements in this pattern:
- Spiral ring with treble tatting;
(UPDATE to add link: https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2018/08/spiral-rings-with-treble-tatting.html )
- Mock ring (SCMR);
- Curled ring;
- SSSR.

I chose to tat the centre and the contour in 2 different colours.

Start with one shuttle, Spiral ring: 1ds, 12tds.
Left and right earring can be tatted symmetrically, depending if you post, or don't post, the shuttle inside the spiral ring before closing it.
In my next pictures, I inserted the shuttle inside the loop around the hand. You should do yourself the other earring.
I closed the spiral ring, joining the hidden picot between the 8th and the 9th tds (there are 4 tds before the joining picot, if you count from the last tatted)

Cut the thread if you like to change colour.

I wound 2 shuttles CTM with the white thread, then I made a lock join with one shuttle to the same hidden picot where I closed the spiral ring. I hid the tail inside the first stitches in next chain.

Chain1: 25ds.
Mock ring: 3ds, picot (here it is where you can put a bead), 3ds.
Chain2: 8ds, JSS (in the hidden picot of the ring, between the 3rd and 4th tds), 12ds, LJ to the starting point of this outer round.

Without reversing work,
Chain3: 5ds
Curled ring: 6ds, picot, 6ds, close.

After that, I closed the curled ring around the Chain1 and ended the pattern finishing with an SSSR (Miranda's method) of 6ds/6ds.


Ciao,
Ninetta
UPDATE: Please refer to the page "Treble Tatting Stitch - Summary" - https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_95.html for any info about treble tatting stitches, thank you.

ready and steady for Valentine

These are ready and in time for Valentine's Day!

Red thread is 2 strands of DMC Mouliné Metallisé, Jewel Effects, number E321, sold in skeins.
Gold thread is 2 strands of Finca metallic gold colour 0006 n.2/C.

I'll put the pattern in Flickr, soon. In the meantime, I'm already wearing them, just the size I like!

And then, I'm very ready for an upcoming event: on February 2nd, I will be teaching one day course about the treble tatting stitch, at the local lace's association, I'll teach an original unpublished pattern of mine, that, I'm sorry, I won't share online.

Ciao,
Ninetta

UPDATE: pattern is here: https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2019/01/pattern-ready-for-valentine.html

don't lose the keys (and the tatting, too)

They're 20 in total and I'm glad my friends loved them, they have already been given away as xmas' gifts. The plastic key fob has been tatted around as it was a stone, like the earrings here: "international drop addiction", thread is 2 strands of Finca light gold (Hilo Metalizado, 1000mts, Presencia Hilaturas).

The little crosses inside had been part of the net embroidered last summer, there was some space left after I finished the fans and I thought to make something so the precious handmade net would not have been wasted.

This was the net before I cut the fans, bookmarks and many motifs. I still have to buy a structure for the second fan, but the lace is saved.

I finished a necklace, using the same thread Finca and light blue bugle beads, I also added some little pearl drops. I like it, especially the chain with the interlocking split rings, that gives a pretty touch to the pattern. I plan to make a second one in silver, not soon though.

There is a post of mine about how to tat the interlocking split rings, it was useful as I don't often tat this chain. I tatted using "Method 2" in my tutorial, link is here: interlocking since 1869

I thought that those earrings in previous photo didn't match and then I came up with another pair, much better in my opinion.

In the next picture there is a box that has a pincushion in the cap, I saw this in Pinterest and I couldn't resist to try it out, made from a tuna can, fabric and cardboard. This is the original source: http://1inchminisbykris.blogspot.com/2017/02/something-different-to-do-pouf-for-you.html
I used the wrong type of glue, it smell badly, just because I still haven't learnt how to use the hot glue gun. Next year...

I wish you all my heartfelt Merry Christmas and I'll take a break from the blog, till next year. I'll tat mini roses, mini bedspread and I'll also knit scarves... and I will eat panettone and torrone, of course!

Ciao,
Ninetta

had nice days

I spent last week tatting more cabochons, they're such fun, I tried some different options and rummaged through my buttons' stash, but did you know that almost all of them are those which have that ring behind? So, what do you think, is the back of the earrings acceptable? Beg your pardon, I need time to tat something else that can "use" that ring...

I like having all beads already loaded in the shuttle. I've made another very short video, about the way I put beads in picots, they need to be a little loose because those picots are going to be used as joining picot. Please, I love reading your comments.This is the link:
https://youtu.be/FO-2JwiKRe4

On Sunday I went with friends, to the National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, which is in Rome (EUR). It was the "International Lace Day 2017" (there's a group in facebook with the same name plus the word ITALIA, you can go there to find some pictures) and I enjoy meeting others who loves lace. There's a lace exhibition too, until the 9th of July it will be open.

Old bobbin laces were in a glass showcase, those are just bits of the enormous collection (thousands of pieces) owned by the museum, unfortunately not always visible to visitors and they not always let you take pictures, they let us do it just because of the international lace event.

 

I was prepared to meet only bobbin lacers but as soon as I entered in a big room, a nice smiling girl looked at me, I was wearing a blue top with tatting sewed on, and she introduced herself as a Canadian tatter! The surprise was not only just for me, in fact she was there as a tourist, not even knowing about the event. What a lovely happy coincidence! Thank you for your kindness, Stephanie!

During the meeting, in the morning, there was the inauguration of the beautiful exhibition, with amazing bobbin lace designed by Keyko Fukumoto, you may want to watch her video here in Youtube:


Ciao,
Ninetta

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