The particular pattern I am going to attempt is from the be stitched.com
site talled Tatted Beaded Ornament. A gorgeous green tatted rings, then
loops of chain between the 2nd round of pattern. Thread size 30 DMC cebelia
thread and size 11 beads for anyone interested in that level of detail. It
says on that row to put a large number of beads on the shuttle thread and
obviously pushing of enough of the beads for each loop, which are between a
single ring each time they have used 16 beads per loop.
This particular piece lays over a christmas bauble.
I am now off to continue on and maybe finish off a first biggish piece for
me, a bookmark which is going to become a bracelet for my great
granddaughter.
Thanks for your reply which I will add to my notes for the future. At last
I can see a future in tatting which I have never managed before. Quite
proud of managing it at last. Feels good.
Sue T
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
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