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Perfect tatting – part 6

Perfect tatting – part 6.

Hello everyone! This is sixth lesson in the series Perfect Tatting. You can read previous part here: https://fairylace.kozinenko.com/perfect-tatting-part-5/

Also my articles will be accompanied by video tutorials. I will add them to my YouTube channel.

Please write in the comments what subtleties you would like to know. Then it will be easier for me to make a lessons plan.

Today I show several graphic tatting designs and explain how to “read” them.

First, look at what shapes can be used to depict rings, chains, and picots. In fact, everything here depends on the creative imagination of the designer or the computer program used.

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Rings can be drawn round, oval, teardrop-shaped. Next time I will tell you how to easily give ready-made rings different shapes.
And chains can be depicted as an arc with different bending amplitudes.
Well, Pico is usually depicted as a short straight segment. Sometimes designers draw a small oval. But it seems to me that such a depiction of Pico is not very logical. By the way, this is another of the following topics.

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So, let’s see what kind of image options we can get.

In fact, these are variations of the graphic representation of the same pattern. This is what this pattern looks like in its finished form.

Where to put the numbers for the design perfect tatting

The standard tatting knot consists of two “legs” and one “cap” above them. The ABC website says the following:
“Cap: A cap is the bump above the legs of a double stitch. It is an easy term to remember as most people wear a cap on their head which is above their legs”. https://abctattingpatterns.com/terms/

Therefore, it seems quite logical to me to place the numbers above the caps.

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But what to do in this case? There is no space for numbers around the Rings!

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It’s very simple. We’ll put the numbers inside the ring. Especially since it doesn’t change the location of the caps and legs in the ring. I’m not considering options where the caps are inside the ring right now.

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You can also simplify the pattern by writing one number in the ring. This is possible if all parts of the ring contain the same number of double stitches. For example, I took 5 ds.

With chains it’s more complicated. I think it’s best to put the numbers ABOVE the caps. That way the tatter can see the direction of the work right away. And this is especially important to determine where to turn the work.

So, I will show you two variations of the Ring – Chain – Ring pattern.

  1. R: 15, sp, 5, tw;
  2. C: 10, tw;
  3. R: 5, jp to sp of PVR, 15.
  1. R: 15, sp, 5;
  2. C: 5, jp to sp of PVR, 5, sp, 5;
  3. R: 5, jp to sp of PVC, 15.

Oh, thank you for your patience! You had to read for a long time. But I made a very short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtM9uDZ2dq0&list=UULF3dn4_9pp7tIKA2k564wLBQ

Perfect Tatting – Part 6 is finished! Happy perfect tatting!
I hope my previous blog posts will also be useful and interesting: https://fairylace.kozinenko.com/blog/

2 thoughts on “Perfect tatting – part 6

  1. Awesome…….

    1. Thank You sooo much, Kenneth. for support my blog!

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