Shaping Up with Rings.....1

The Only Rings…..

Sharing my experiments on shapes with tatting - Polygons using Single Shuttle. Each polygon has been tatted using ‘only rings’, Bare Thread to move forward and Clovers at each vertex in a circular way. Number of rings at the center decides the shape of a polygon. SR (Split Ring) with the thread left at the beginning of the round has been used to climb out to the next round. SSSR(Single Shuttle Split Ring) is another option. Any number of rounds can be added to this square by repeating the pattern to make a doily.

Polygon 1- Square having four sides and four vertices.

  Four rings at the center

 Marie MacCurry has Test Tatted the written pattern of ‘The Only Rings Square’

Thank You so much Marie for tatting this square and  

suggesting corrections in the PDF pattern.

Find PDF pattern here- The Only Rings Square

Four squares joined with a border

Sharing amazing work of this ‘Fun to Tat’ square pattern by

Indian Happy Tatters group members…...

     

 

 Aarti, Kavita, Geetha,  Vani, Swarna, Maria, Rekha, Shaila.

 

Jagruti and Padma tatted the square by hiding bare thread.

   

Front side : Bare Thread hidden                  Back Side    

Thank You everyone!!!!!

Polygon 2- Triangle- three sides and three vertices

   Three rings at the center

The basic pattern idea for my ‘The Only Rings Square’ has come from 

Madhur’s amazingly beautiful  Unending Doily. 

  

      Madhur’s Emptying shuttle project

Next post on some more polygons with Single Shuttle…

viz. Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon……

 HAPPY TATTING

 

Split Rings Mania!!

Hello Tatters,

Split rings fascinated me this time.
I worked on getting a perfect triangle using my own counts after few experiments.

The triangle can be tatted

 1) In single color thread and shuttles can be loaded with

      or without CTM (Continuous Thread Method)

    (without CTM will keep the beginning threads open for multiple uses)

 2) In two different color threads by winding separately on two shuttles.

 Remember to leave 3 inches thread on both shuttles before starting R1.

Pattern link- Split Rings Triangle

I have learnt Inkscape Diagramming from Robin Perfetti ’s tutorials.

  Many many thanks to Robin for such detailed explanation of each feature.

Her layers tutorial for triangle diagram was really useful.
I requested Robin to test tat my motif.
she came out with two versions of triangles- one in single color and other one in two colors.
1. Variegated color with CTM                           2. Two colors with open ends both sides

                            CTM will depend on the application of the motif and will be possible if the motif is tatted in single

(plain or variegated) color.(See Pic 1 above).

Open ends in the beginning do not require CTM. (See Pic 2 above)

CTM will help attach findings

or making a picot for a string as tatted in a barefoot sandal.
 
Thank you so much Robin for test tatting, diagram corrections and pattern writing.
Do post your comments, suggestions here….

ENJOY  TATTING