tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331907572024-03-18T17:48:18.621+08:00Tat-a-RendaWriting bout Tatting Lace, and a bit of This and That.Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.comBlogger602125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-28741765931473270732023-11-30T12:59:00.000+08:002023-11-30T12:59:11.904+08:00My Facebook Page Hello everyone.I have not been updating my blog for a while, posting more on my Facebook page instead. I find it rather difficult to keep up with writing in two different platforms, so you'll find me less here and more on Facebook, which will contain more latest posts..If you would still like to follow my tatting adventures and stories, you can find me here,https://www.facebook.com/Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-15642961187020285262023-07-22T17:45:00.002+08:002023-07-22T17:45:34.061+08:00"Adalia" This is the third try and final result of the project that I started earlier. This is a one-pass design, i.e. the tatting was not in rounds but instead done in one go, moving in from the point, down to the middle and out again, completing each point one by one.(Read here, https://tatsaway.blogspot.com/2023/07/still-tatting-but-was-distracted.html)All I can say is that it was not an Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-29359815654352252652023-07-08T09:36:00.000+08:002023-07-08T09:36:43.064+08:00Still Tatting but was DistractedHer is an update on what has happened since my last post on designing.This is what I had drawn with Inkscape.Then I used my rings template to tat the piece. You can barely make out the stitch counts that I used for the prototype, which is this yellow one,As you can see, I did not finish it. This design is a one-pass design and I needed to see its shape at full circle. Overall it looked okayTat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-19766388063981806132023-06-05T16:31:00.000+08:002023-06-05T16:31:05.987+08:00My approach to designing tatting I have taken several approaches when designing tatting.In the early days, it was a pen & paper method where I made sketches of the designs, just a few rings and chains and test-tatted them. Almost all the time, I will have to make several attempts to get the stitch count right for the repeats and all that.Another method is I just go with the flow and get it all done. This worked Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-22336043283450259102023-05-19T10:36:00.003+08:002023-05-19T10:36:54.422+08:00Spring Doily 2023 Tat-Along A brief update on the Spring Doily, shown below after completing Rd 10.It is getting hard to work on this because the rings are getting smaller in the next round, as you can see from the yellow that I am using for Round 11. Those rings are mostly (5+5) with a few (6+6) in between.I am using Olympus Fine Tatting thread for this and it working out to be like size 70. Just have to Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-71569604038145616762023-04-12T10:56:00.000+08:002023-04-12T10:56:15.661+08:00Spring Doily 2023 Tat-Along My progress on the Spring 2023 doily is as Rd 7. The tat-along can be found on Renulek's blog.My shuttle ran out of thread so, I took the opportunity to take a photo of it before reloading the shuttle.I am using Olympus thread for this, the fine thread. There is no size number on it but it feels like size 70 or 80.My Flowers of Spring (Ruth Scharf) project has not progressed much Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-67095776991720792182023-03-31T16:53:00.000+08:002023-03-31T16:53:29.646+08:00Remnant SquaresThe squares that I posted earlier in this post have grown slightly bigger.I am using remnants of size 20 thread for this. I don't often use size 20, preferring size 40 instead. There are a couple of remnant balls if size 20 which I may use. There are enough thread for maybe one shuttle-full of each ball. I can get six or seven motifs from one shuttle-full of thread.It Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-13165460355362478162023-03-24T10:43:00.001+08:002023-03-24T10:43:46.603+08:00Medallion from the past This is another past-date design.A medallion that I designed sometime in 2017. If it may look familiar this was used as a centre for the Harmony doily. which came later.Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-36267938921645685332023-03-24T10:40:00.000+08:002023-03-24T10:40:16.296+08:002017 SnowflakeFirst of all, I know the name is past-date. I was cleaning up my files in my laptop and realised that I have not shared this snowflake pattern in my free-patterns list. I think this was the time when my laptop had gone kaput and I stopped blogging for a while. I am trying to catch up on things and this is one of those.Enjoy!Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-25602958858490884762023-03-18T10:29:00.004+08:002023-03-18T10:29:50.889+08:00Flowers of SpringUpdates on my projects>First the Ruth Scharf project.Since the patterns/designs in the Ruth Scharf book does not have a name, I decided to call this project Flowers & Leaves. This is where I am at now.I have made 4 sets of leaves and with flowers joining the four sets together. There are three sizes to the flowers. I have decided to use pastel variegated thread for the Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-9513813923747530922023-03-11T20:37:00.001+08:002023-03-11T20:37:54.516+08:00End-of-shuttle ThreadThe 6-rings flower is the most frequently used motif to finish off balance if thread in a shuttle at the end of a project. Sometimes, there are remnant balls of thread that may not be enough even for a small motif.The end result, if creating a mat,would be a six-sided round piece. I decided to make something that will end up as a square or rectangle rather than a circular one, and came up Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-3591618160803592192023-03-02T13:52:00.000+08:002023-03-02T13:52:02.077+08:00Flowers and Leaves I decided to do another Ruth Scharf project after completing Kesturi. I have tatted a Ruth Scharf design a few years ago and thought I'd give a go with another design. I picked a pattern from her second book 'Occhi - Neue Blatter', on page 30. This is the basic composition of the design, a set of four leaves and flower motifs surround it. I decided to make the flowers in Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-44538081438146045102023-02-13T10:09:00.001+08:002023-02-13T10:09:35.728+08:00KesturiThis is an output from the abandonment of the previous project, Indahloka.I needed something easy to close that project, so I repeated the centre of it and finished it with a series of trefoil round.Finished size is 14cm, tatted using Olympus Gold Label (colour M12).Here is the chart if you wish to try. There are five rounds in all, the first four are shuttle-and-ball rounds but the fifth Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-6674724463388424292023-02-13T09:57:00.002+08:002023-02-13T10:15:01.434+08:00Project Abandoned I abandoned the project that I started earlier, the one with the blue/green/tan thread.I decided that I didn't like it as much when I added the orange thread.I actually finished the round but the piece didn't lay flat even after pressing. There is some kind of rippling between the rounds. It is not really visible in the photo but the ripples are there.I snipped the whole orange Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-86395445811978462202023-01-28T10:26:00.002+08:002023-01-28T10:26:50.590+08:00More on the Nameless Project I added a few more rows to the initial motif that I started just to empty shuttles (previous post)All the previous rows were tatted with shuttle-and-ball. I wanted to do something different and used split rings for the next round.What do you think of the new colour?I should really name this piece, for easy reference at least. Stump for a name, though.Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-32286674131071646482023-01-15T18:34:00.001+08:002023-01-16T05:36:11.516+08:00Emptying shuttles .... Not.I am at a dead end with the yellow motif so I decided to do some easy motifs to empty shuttles.
Then, I got some ideas with the blue-green motif and decided to expand on it. Instead of emptying shuttles, I had to break a new ball for this, 😁
Now, I am occupied with this one. It may be a while before I get back to the yellow one.Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-70624568003644512592022-12-27T22:31:00.001+08:002022-12-27T22:31:24.402+08:00Take 2.1I started over with a solid colour, keeping to the first 3 rounds and adding a 4th.
I tried a few variations on the 4th round and snipped each off before finally getting this. I hope this design stays. Have to start visualising the next round. That will take another week, I am sure, 😬Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-11699187766086837972022-12-16T11:19:00.001+08:002022-12-16T11:30:19.449+08:006-point doilyWhile waiting for a good name to come, 6-poibt doily is the working name for this.
I am my worse critique. There are some things that I like and some not so about this doily.Generally, I am pleased.with the design but the small bits that I think need changing are what I see staring back at me.I am doing this again! This time in a solid colour. Hopefully, it will show up the lines and Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-61046141003389222222022-12-11T18:55:00.001+08:002022-12-11T18:55:41.357+08:00Still working on ideas on this motifI restarted the motif in my previous post and added another round to it.
Actually, not a full round; just repeated the centre motif. Now I am looking at ideas on how to fill the gaps between the motifs. It has to be a simple one because I don't have much of this thread left to play with.p.s. this post was uploaded using the Blogger apps on my mobile.Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-38249544552759133892022-12-04T14:29:00.001+08:002022-12-04T14:29:50.966+08:00Blogger App on mobile, anyone using it?I am interested to know if anyone is using the Blogger apps on mobile and updating their blogs through it.How do you find it?I want to be active on my blogger blog again; it has been sidelined by my Facebook for a long time. I find it convenient and faster to post on Facebook because I can do it on my mobile. I post on my Blogger blog using my laptop. That had been the setback so far Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-22114910414193969062022-02-24T11:03:00.000+08:002022-02-24T11:03:07.923+08:00Jan Stawasz Doily 1 I started this doily in May 2020, during the time when the virus was beginning to rage, for want of something to to to fill the time.There had been many ups and down for the duration of this project.This round may look like individual motifs. I actually thought that at the beginning before starting. In fact it is actually done as a continuous round with split rings. I spent Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-41069561441081383752021-11-27T15:10:00.001+08:002021-11-27T15:10:57.392+08:00Tis and TatI have been quiet on this blog though have been posting some on my Facebook page. I find it easier and faster to update my Facebook because I can do the on my phone compared to updating my blog, where I'll have to log-in on my laptop to do that.My niece will be getting married next year, in syaa Allah. As with local traditions, there will be exchanges of dowry/gifts between the Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-51537899681817158832021-11-01T18:40:00.001+08:002021-11-01T18:43:47.638+08:00Adding new Thread in Bare Thread Tatting I had always shy away from bare thread tatting for two reasons;1. I always had problems with estimating the amount of bare thread space to leave at the start of each new ring; and2. How to add new thread when the shuttle thread runs out.I still have issues with No.1 but have conquered No.2. Sharing here is my method of adding new thread without making a knot.Step 1In almost all of my Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-51969242505818836772021-10-22T15:32:00.000+08:002021-10-22T15:32:14.350+08:00Patchwork I was supposed to organise the storage of my tatting and other sewing stuff but, as always there are many distractions. One of them is this mat. It surfaced among a stacked of tatting motifs and tryouts and I had hoped to get back to it later. Never did, until now, ha ha ha ...I can't remember when I tatted this. It must have been for a bigger project that didn't happen. ITat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190757.post-73741075037215204842021-06-10T10:46:00.000+08:002021-06-10T10:46:01.025+08:00Update on the Sicilian Circle, a pattern by Mary Konior Completed Round 3 of this project from the book, Tatting in Lace by Mary Konior.I am not really happy with this mainly because of the long chains and large rings. Had to block/press it after this round because my tension went haywire. This is one reason why I seldom do patterns with long chains and big rings.There is only one round left, so I will finish it.I had my first dose Tat-a-Rendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.com3