Woo Hoo!

[ghostice.livejournal.com]

Well, I figured it out and have two objects and a few sore fingers to show for it. This is pearl cotton, size 8 in bright red. The color's a little off in the photos.


Here's my bookmark. Pre-blocking and pre-stiffening. You can see on the lower left part, how I started out very tight and ended up getting looser. I now know to go with the looser stitch for ease of pulling it out should I make a mistake and it's easier to weave the ends in.


And here's a little butterfly for my mom.



Thanks again for the help. It obviously worked!

I'm also wondering what size thread is the most common to use?

Comments

[elspethdawitch.livejournal.com]

Cute! :) As for size, I find it depends on the individual. I use everything from size 30, to size 80.

[moniqueleigh]

Great work!

I don't think there is a most common size. I use lots of size 10 for "quick & dirty" style tatting (i.e., I need something really big, but don't have lots of time), but I don't have much in the way of options locally. So I pretty much use whatever I can find -- some 80, some perle 8 & 12, sometimes 20 or 30, & (if I'm lucky) size 40.

What size? hmmmmmmmmm~yes it depends:

[(Anonymous)]

When I'm doing a tatting demonstration for non-tatters, I use 1/2 inch rope (line) from my sailboat. The guys who often accompany their ladies to these fiber fairs think I'm doing something much more industrial than lacemaking so they watch with interest. lol
Actually the rope makes it very easy to see what part is making the ring and also how to avoid creating a knot.
They like to pick up the rope and try it and probably wouldn't come near the demo if it looked too lightweight!!

Re: What size? hmmmmmmmmm~yes it depends:

[moniqueleigh]

Oooo! Nifty idea!