I am happy to share Charming Frills, the stunning
effect created out of the combination of Long Picot(LP) and Catherine
Wheel Join(CWJ).
The idea of this pendant came up after tatting the basic onion ring in
two colors.
My first version was…....
Georgia’s
Reaction after seeing the pic was…...
“OH
how intriguing! I see a vague resemblance to needle lace and frisaso de
valladolid but I have not seen in tatting as far as I can remember.”
She found some resemblance to needle lace because of
the frilly look of the pendant.
Muskaan helped me to find references of the effects of
long picots tatted by other tatters. I started writing the pattern for the
pendant with her. We both had lots of discussions online for naming this frill
effect. Finally I used the notation lp_cwj
for the presentation purpose. Layered
long picots with Contrasting thread colors added beauty to the tatted pendant.
The long picots tatted in multiples in consecutive layers gave beautiful
frilled edging. This combo of Long Picot and CWJ can be used as a filler,
multi-tiered, or as a frill/fringe.
Other joins like
1) Catherine Wheel Join in Round
2
2) Alligator Join in Round 3
3) Picot Join in Round 4
have been used along with other techniques like Thrown
Ring, Split Chain, Shoe Lace Trick and Switching Shuttles to tat in one pass.
Picot on the thrown ring can be used to add a jump
ring, a pendant hook or an earring finding.
Working of this joining effect - lp_cwj is shown in the pic below.
This frilled pendant is tatted in five rounds. Rounds
1-3 are worked in clockwise direction; round 4 moves from left to right and
Round 5 moves from right to left, when seen from the front.
Its important to
note the working of round 5, where we have to make the joins through the orange
bars seen on backside. Insert a crochet hook through the orange bar from
behind, pull up a loop to proceed.
Loads of thanks
to Muskaan for test tatting Charming Frills and the immense help in
finalizing the pattern. Kindly check her blog
to see her version of Charming Frills.
Using the same
effect of lp_cwj, I tatted a medallion- Fringed Petals
I invite tatters
to test tat
this medallion.
Feel free to post your comments , suggestions here.HAPPY TATTING .......always.............
