About a month ago, one of my all-time favorite tatting experts posted the snowflake design she taught at Palmetto Tat Days. I immediately felt the pang of missing a wonderful gathering of tatting friends. That was subsequently followed by a dash to pick up shuttle and thread. Here’s my version:
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| This Way and That by Jane Eborall |
Jane, you’ve done it again!! Exquisitely guided us through creating lace!!! Thank you!
This small bit has a design idea that I’ve been unsuccessfully
kicking around for years. (My apologies to Jane who doesn’t share my language
of music) I have been trying to figure out a way to depict chordal passages in
music. Block tatting is of course the most logical. But the details escaped
me. This pattern of 3 chains at the edge is much better than my feeble attempts.
Now, I’ll be the first to say my tatting for this snowflake
is subpar. I wouldn’t recommend making the rings in a third color. Stick with 2
colors. To muddle my way through a tricolor version, I ended up using a 2 bobbinshuttle along with a single shuttle. To change colors gracefully, I ended up
swapping the bobbins around at just about every element. Not worth it! I’m really
not happy with this snowflake. It will go in my bin of bits and pieces with a
tag attached reminding me not to use 3 colors.
I will be incorporating this design idea to represent chords
though. I will gladly acknowledge Jane’s inspiring pattern!!!
It’s a great pattern. I complicated my life a little by using different beads in centre vs edge, but that was easier than your 3 colours. I’m glad you had an aha moment.
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