On 8/2/13 8:23 AM, Sue wrote:
If I choose to work a tatting pattern which has beans in without, do I replace each bead with a double stitch? (this particular one I am looking at is a string of beads in place of the chain loop between rings.
Depends on the pattern, and on how the bead is attached. Some, just ignore the instructions to add beads, some replace the bead with a picot. Here, where you are replacing a string of beads with a chain, compare the size of a double stitch with the size of the bead you're not putting in, and calculate how many ds you need. In most of my patterns, the chain loops have the same number of ds as the chains. Statement made without checking; Could be half the number -- it's been years since I burrowed down to the simple edging in my go-bag. Chain loops can vary quite a lot without forcing the edge to curl. I'm wondering how the second thread is carried to the other end of the string of beads -- or, alternatively, where you are getting the second thread to make a chain loop. If only one thread is available, you can work small rings nose-to-tail with the thread carried behind. http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/~joybeeson/TAT/TATEX03.HTM Another expedient used in pre-chain patterns is to pick up a hook and crochet a chain. -- Joy Beeson http://www.debeeson.net/joy http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
