Necklace
“Bows”pattern
I played
with 2 shuttles and some self closing mock rings, love it. Then I wanted to
climb to the top of the SCMR with both threads and this is how the beads got in
play. Made some elements, drunk some coffee, watched TV and then it hit me.
Maybe you know it: take a small break, think that you are watching TV (tennis
for me) but the brain is still tatting. Then the finger starts to draw in the
air (this amuses my husband always) the the pattern starts to build itself.
2
shuttles, CTM, fine crochet hook, 5 mm rice mother of pearl beads. This is all you need. Skills
required: nothing special, only not the be afraid to work stacked rings.
It gave
this at first. It curves by it self a bit. First try: very fine black thread,
the Penny 40 I received from Edda as a sample. By the way, she is a great tatter and I simply love her tatting solutions.
The white one is worked with Penny 30 and Range 40 and it curves
slightly more, some adjustments might be necessary if you work with different
threads than mine. I would do it to the SCMR the upper part (instead of a 5-5 I would work 2-3 or 2-3).
The
pattern I will give you now is for 2 shuttles (Sh1: white, Sh2: silver), two
colours.
Start
with R: 20, close, do not turn. This is will be the clasp support one.
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Sh1: R: 10 – 10,
close, do not turn. Let Sh1 hang behind the ring, switch shuttles.
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Sh2: 10 + 5 –
15, close do not turn work.
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Prepare to work
the “collar ring” with Sh2. Turn the work 90 deg. to the left. Wrap the thread
around the work and work ring: 15. Bring carefuly the end of this ring around
the work and close. Do not rush if you want a nice, even finish. The thread
from Sh2 must be now back where the collar ring startet.
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Flip work 90
deg. to the right. Start SCMR (white: active thread, silver core thread).
15 + 5 – 5.
Add the bead to
the loop pass the shuttle through the loop, close SCMR. Turn work.
Please take care
about the beads you will use, the sharp edged may cause some troubles. You
can avoid them by chosing fire treated
beads or by adding fire treated rocailles before and after your bead.
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Work chain: 20.
You can also change this to 15 or a bit more. Snug, turn work. You can see now the back side of the work
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Take Sh1: work
ring: 10 + 10. Do not turn. Work the first ring from this series.
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I kind of like this bow effect the rings create, worked with 2 colours it is more obvious.
As I said, different threads and different beads, different effect. Play a bit with the pattern until you are happy with the result.
I hope that I gave you a reason to grab the shuttles and that you will enjoy trying to work this pattern.
Happy tatting.
