Essaouira - a Moroccan Tile

A friend was in Morocco a while back and shared a photo of this wall decoration in on Essaouira.

This is my rendition of the tile.

 This is the chart if you'd like to tat it, too.

Kupu-kupu (Butterflies)

Kupu-kupu in the Malay language is butterfly.

(Some interchange the word with rama-rama, but rama-rama means moth)

I came up with this design on a whim while looking to use up a balance of thread in a shuttle. You can see my first attempt in my Facebook.  I made small changes to the first attempt and came up with this pink version.

A close-up of the butterflies.

And the chart is here,

A few notes to help you read the chart.

1. The small ring that is the head of the butterfly has the stitch count of (1+ 2 lp 2 sp 1), lp = long picot, sp = small picot.
2. I have not given the length of the long picots. You can make them to your own measurements.
3. I placed small picots at the end of Ring A and at end of the small ring. The small picots are to anchor the butterfly head so that it doesn't get floppy. 
4. To make it easier to join to the small picot, I post my shuttle when closing the rings A and the small ring. I don't normally post my shuttle when closing ring but by posting it here the tiny picot will stay above the ring and not disappear under it and make it easier to join to it.

I have not decided if I want to snip the long picot in the small rings or leave them at they are.  I leave that choice to you. They look quite neat un-snipped.

Patchwork Squares

I created this square in 2024 to clear out two skeins of hand-dyed thread that, on its own, is not enough for a big project.  I used the them together to create a square motif and turned it into a square patchwork piece.

Finally, I managed to chart the design and am now able to share it here.

This is how I have arranged my squares.  Different arrangements using as many colours as you wish will give a totally different picture.

This is a small one round motif worked using shuttle and ball. To make it easier for me to work the motif, I loaded a full shuttle and then pulled out a length of thread from the shuttle for the chain. I suggest that you take a measurement of the chain thread before starting and then measure what is left after completing the motif to determine how much is needed for the chain (with some allowance for hiding ends after that).  You then pull out this amount of thread for the next motif.  I find this method convenient for me because I won't have a ball attached to my work.

I have added an edging to my completed layout. This is optional and you may use your own edging design if you wish to.

Above is the chart for my edging. You will need two shuttles for this as it contains split rings. The split ring are marked with a line across it.

Please leave a comment if you are not clear about certain things or if you notice a mistake, and I will try to reply ASAP.

Tetradill - a square motif

 I was travelling in Xi'an, China and saw designs of pavement tiles that I like. This design was inspired by one of the tiles.

The photo below shows four squares joined together, tatted in a solid colour.

Arches - Bookmark

 Updating the blog with another design from 2019, Arches Bookmark.

Bakawali -motif

 Updating my gallery with another motif that I tatted a while ago, 2019 to be exact.

Muskaan M's DAL (Design Along)

I accepted the challenge by Muskaan M inviting tatters to join her Design Along (DAL) where she posted the design for the first two rounds and we are to continue from there with our own designs.

You can read all about it in her blog here, https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/

This is my contribution to the DAL.

(I should learn to take better photos of my tatting)

The chart below.

The first two rounds in light pink are Muskaan's. You can get a clearer instructions of the two rounds from Muskaan's blog (link given above).

I have added the third round, in blue. The third round is worked with two shuttles.