After all I'm short-sighted.
Ciao,
Ninetta
Friday 27 February 2015
non-sense
After all I'm short-sighted.
Ciao,
Ninetta
Friday 20 February 2015
Sunday 15 February 2015
even larger
The so famous large centerpiece is going to be even larger. I didn't read carefully instructions for the 2nd row, where I must have left 3 rings out. The result is that now I will have 18 motifs to tat all around instead of 15. Well, I can live with it!
I'm quite puzzled about colours: I'm uncertain if that "dark antique mauve" is a good choice.
Better have a break! I've come back to the design of the bookmark...
On Saturday we went to the shopping center Euroma2, in Rome, I took some photos for you. Chandeliers are bigger than my kitchen!
Ciao,
Ninetta
I'm quite puzzled about colours: I'm uncertain if that "dark antique mauve" is a good choice.
Better have a break! I've come back to the design of the bookmark...
On Saturday we went to the shopping center Euroma2, in Rome, I took some photos for you. Chandeliers are bigger than my kitchen!
Ciao,
Ninetta
Friday 13 February 2015
fast forward
I had a dizzy spell when I run around so quickly.
Ten rounds done, now I'm on 15 motifs. 15? Yes, they are. That is the first time for me, I've never started something with 18 repetitions and then finished it with 15!
Crazy tatting!
Ciao,
Ninetta
Ten rounds done, now I'm on 15 motifs. 15? Yes, they are. That is the first time for me, I've never started something with 18 repetitions and then finished it with 15!
Crazy tatting!
Ciao,
Ninetta
Tuesday 10 February 2015
merrily
"La vispa Teresa" it's a very well known poem here in Italy, it was written around the mid 1800's by Luigi Sailer and then there's a satirical continuation by Trilussa written in 1917.
<< La vispa Teresa
avéa tra l’erbetta
a volo sorpresa
gentil farfalletta,
e tutta giuliva
stringendola viva
gridava a distesa:
“L’ho presa, l’ho presa!” ...>>
I've caught a little butterfly with a little tatted ring, and I'm merrily shouting "I got it, I got it!"
Ciao,
Ninetta
<< La vispa Teresa
avéa tra l’erbetta
a volo sorpresa
gentil farfalletta,
e tutta giuliva
stringendola viva
gridava a distesa:
“L’ho presa, l’ho presa!” ...>>
I've caught a little butterfly with a little tatted ring, and I'm merrily shouting "I got it, I got it!"
Ciao,
Ninetta
Thursday 5 February 2015
Monday 2 February 2015
designer... who?
He explores the universe in his shuttle, a time-travelling space machine...
I've been web-surfing. There's an universe of beautiful free tatting patterns online, new and vintage, that I easily feel lost in and ask myself why have I got that semiserious, playful, time-wasting desire which makes me tat from scratch...
"Designer" is one of those words that my Italian language assimilated but with a wide range of roles and subjects that I can't exactly list, may be because it could be interpreted in many ways. An interior designer, a web designer, a jewellery designer... But who exactly is a tatting designer?
-D. Who comes up with a new pattern! That's the first simple answer. After you mastered the technique, many drawings have multiple right tatting solutions, designers only gives their own way to flow from one step to the next. But thread teases :) Trials and cuts come easy, despite that, it's a joyful tatting-puzzle for many. But... for the heaven, D.Who, how do you know that it's a brand new pattern?
-D. Who restyles: modifies a pattern or imports to tatting a design from another lace, or tats an old pattern using different techniques or with a different new intent. ( that vintage tablecloth' corner could be turned into a pendant? Can I tat that stunning bobbin lace edging? Would it works without a chain or two? And so on...). It's very addictive, be careful or you'll need some serious therapy...
-D. Who produces: freely inspired, in that case he/she is mainly concerned on creating "one of a kind". Please don't ask them for patterns, that's part and parcel with their piece: a pendant, a ring, earrings of exclusive beauty. Sometimes they thank God that ears are sligthly far from each other...
I'm so sorry to say that who's able to tat from a photo, without a given ds' stitch count, they're not designers. I can do that. I can understand the workflow only by looking at the picture, it is the same as a visual pattern, ds' numbers are clear info given with the picture. That doesn't make me a designer of the motif. I hope that this is very clear to you too. Try to note down the designer's name and find the time to say thank you. Pay for tatting books, a lot of them are under 15 euros. Note that, generally, printing coloured photocopies it is far more expensive than buying a book! It could be our little incentive and gratitude to the designer. A drop in the sea.
Ciao,
Ninetta
I've been web-surfing. There's an universe of beautiful free tatting patterns online, new and vintage, that I easily feel lost in and ask myself why have I got that semiserious, playful, time-wasting desire which makes me tat from scratch...
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"Designer" is one of those words that my Italian language assimilated but with a wide range of roles and subjects that I can't exactly list, may be because it could be interpreted in many ways. An interior designer, a web designer, a jewellery designer... But who exactly is a tatting designer?
-D. Who comes up with a new pattern! That's the first simple answer. After you mastered the technique, many drawings have multiple right tatting solutions, designers only gives their own way to flow from one step to the next. But thread teases :) Trials and cuts come easy, despite that, it's a joyful tatting-puzzle for many. But... for the heaven, D.Who, how do you know that it's a brand new pattern?
-D. Who restyles: modifies a pattern or imports to tatting a design from another lace, or tats an old pattern using different techniques or with a different new intent. ( that vintage tablecloth' corner could be turned into a pendant? Can I tat that stunning bobbin lace edging? Would it works without a chain or two? And so on...). It's very addictive, be careful or you'll need some serious therapy...
-D. Who produces: freely inspired, in that case he/she is mainly concerned on creating "one of a kind". Please don't ask them for patterns, that's part and parcel with their piece: a pendant, a ring, earrings of exclusive beauty. Sometimes they thank God that ears are sligthly far from each other...
I'm so sorry to say that who's able to tat from a photo, without a given ds' stitch count, they're not designers. I can do that. I can understand the workflow only by looking at the picture, it is the same as a visual pattern, ds' numbers are clear info given with the picture. That doesn't make me a designer of the motif. I hope that this is very clear to you too. Try to note down the designer's name and find the time to say thank you. Pay for tatting books, a lot of them are under 15 euros. Note that, generally, printing coloured photocopies it is far more expensive than buying a book! It could be our little incentive and gratitude to the designer. A drop in the sea.
Ciao,
Ninetta
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