buon natale!

Merry Christmas!

Dedicated to all children in the world.

Ciao,
Ninetta

UPDATE:
Pattern: A Christmas Tattingram (7 pieces, 5 patterns): http://ninettacaruso.blogspot.it/2014/12/tattingram-from-snowflake.html http://ninettacaruso.blogspot.it/2014/12/i-need-self-control.html http://ninettacaruso.blogspot.it/2014/12/so-far-so-good.html http://ninettacaruso.blogspot.it/2014/12/close-to-star.html http://ninettacaruso.blogspot.it/2014/12/only-one-piece-left.html 
 

only one piece left

Start from center ring in A, 13 pp sep. by 2ds. Follow the black line. Then continue towards B. The edges are are: a chain 5-5-5, ring 5-5-5-5-5-5, chain 5-5, ring 3-3+3-3, ring 3+3-3-3, chain 5-5.
Continue with flower C, then D, then the end point is indicated by a green arrow.

That's a bad drawing. Worse than a rough pattern. I must open Inkscape again, after all! It goes straight on the new year's to-do-list...

Ciao,
Ninetta

close to the star

Who can hold a star in their hands? A tatter!

 I need only two more pieces, those in the bottom of previous picture, but the colour should be changed.

How to join motif that's my method: putting them close each other and taking a shot as a guide.

 That's the stitch count for the parallelogram. Tangram's pieces are 7, but two are doubled, so we have all patterns now.
(ops! sorry, I forgot the big size triangle. I'll give you that pattern tomorrow)

I'm very near to the end. My little star will be very close to this tattingram...

Ciao,
Ninetta

so far, so good!

invisiballs, a photo by ninettacaruso on Flickr

I've 5 glass balls more, but I must stop them now. Yes, I know that tree is quite undressed, I should tat the others, next days.

Now I must close the tattingram. It's a Christmas tattingram, anyway! That is the third piece (the medium size triangle) :

The center part is the same as the square, same stitches count.

I've another shot to share. Usually I put together pictures using Serif DrawPlus, but this week I found a clever app for the phone ("smart-phone" it is indeed!) that's called Photo collage, so here you are, a collage of pics, a one-page tutorial for little pincushions I made in November. The starting piece of fabric is a square, then I folded it in a Origami Square Base. Sew, reverse, put buttons, et voilà!

Ciao,
Ninetta

I need... self control!

 I might use the same pattern for a pair of earrings. I need two swarovski...

No! Stop! Remember: only one week to Christmas!!!!

Ciao,
Ninetta

tattingram from a snowflake

One month ago I started a Xmas tatting project, but when I was almost to the end, I fell in love with the invisiballs.

It is a variation of this pattern:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninettacaruso/6390980273/in/set-72157625675658822

It's only 10 days to Christmas and I'm in late! I haven't a tree yet, this tattingram isn't finished, oh mamma mia! Time flies!

Ciao,
Ninetta

variations

Pattern for the invisiball today is 3 repetitions of "quad_14".

That messy tatting up there, it is another failed pattern, it seemed good while tatting, but then it resulted loose. It was the pattern used for quad_07.

The upper star may be the little motif in the next picture, that is a variation of the center part of this doily
(https://www.flickr.com/#/photos/ninettacaruso/8477451842/in/set-72157625675658822/):

Ciao,
Ninetta

rehabilitation

 

That "dress" was discarded on 5th Dec. But rescued and adapted now.

Pattern is 2 repetitions of "quad_16".

Ciao,
Ninetta

dress rehearsal

...quite good! I need many other invisiballs and the upper star.

I took a break with a delicious "Heart of Misha" designed by Fox (www.tat-ology.blogspot.com, then go to her "My patterns" page ):

The multicoloured thread is really beautiful, one of my favourites right now. I don't know what it is, as it comes directly from the Colour's Fairy world, received in the mail this week! Thank you very much Fox!

I tried the fluffy Josephine knot, as described by Carollyn in her blog (www.tennbrown.blogspot.com). She has a video on YouTube, too. It's not easy keeping the larger shape with 14 half knots, I need more exercise!

For the invisiball in the picture, I followed the pattern used for "quad 19". But now, without cluny leaves, it lost originality and it rather looks like the "magic square" described by muskaan in her blog! (www.tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com)


Ciao,
Ninetta

a mystery

A mystery in the mystery doily? It's no more a mystery, the designer is Dr. CeSea Lawson. I'm quite sure that in September I read Georgia Seitz's article here: www.bellaonline.com/articles/art184204.asp

I saved the link and there were at least 3 pages with the pattern for a total of 10 rounds, a bigger doily than what we used to know.

But - as I trust too much on technology - I haven't downloaded the pattern, and now it disappeared!

The little glass ball in the picture has 3 repetitions of the first row, with rings of 3-3-3-3 ds.

Ciao,
Ninetta

tailored shirt

Ciao,
Ninetta

olive shape

Yesterday evening was the "cut and @#!" time for the invisiballs. I was not in top shape, or I was too much distracted by the film on tv, or both.

In the afternoon I tried  the shape of the tree with the plastic coated wire and it was a failure too. I changed my mind and have another idea for the tree. I think to use a plastic transparent sheet, shaped in a cone. It must be at least 30centimeters high. What do you think?

Ciao,
Ninetta

one at a time

Pattern is https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninettacaruso/8743041975/

Ciao,
Ninetta

how many invisiballs?

How many invisiballs should I have?

Carollyn implicitly suggested twelve! ... That's as far as I understood, reading about "partridge in a pear tree" on wordreference's forum. I always learn from you! Not only tatting here! Thank you!

I found a plastic coated wire for gardening that may be used to make a tiny tree. Don't know if I can make something nice, I hope so...

Pattern is only 3 repetitions from "quad_23".

Ciao,
Ninetta

...and another

Pattern is that one used for "quad16", but only 3 repetitions instead of 4.

Numbers in the picture indicate centimeters.

Ciao,
Ninetta

another invisiball

 I've followed the pattern used for quad_03 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninettacaruso/9662780924/in/set-72157625675658822), it's a little bigger than the ball, but those balls are all slightly different in size, so I chose that one that seemed the bigger one. No, not good to me, so I'm not going to use this pattern again.

Thread is DMC 282, metallic, gold. Beads are miyuki.

It seems that this one is only the second of a series, because I've already started the third!

I'm using a free version of "Add Watermark" that reduces each photo to 800 px. I hope that's not a problem with your monitor and that all photos are pretty good. It's quick and easy, I like it a lot!

Ciao,
Ninetta