bookmark the Project - MarkMe roundup

 In July 2023 we had the “Mark Me” game in the Facebook Endrucks group. 

This game followed the ColourMeEndrucks in June 2023 (roundup here: https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2024/09/colour-me-endrucks-roundup.html ), and so we suggested to our group to find a fun way to keep creating something colourful and usable, while reusing their tatted “ColourMe” edgings. And as you easily guess from the title, the game consisted of tatting bookmarks.

Also, in Frau Eleonore’s book there are many original edgings and insertions, some had already been adapted into bookmarks, and some more sprang up during this game. All are now collected in our Bookmarks directory –  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dtWGgZZEGBBwLDpJgRChAEo91l4uuXq-fxRNzKDc6r8/view    
Not only for bookmarks, these patterns can also be easily embellished for bracelets, hairbands, and chokers.

Before starting the game, we put together the pics we already had to compose the cover picture for the game. Following Endrucks’ original pattern order:

1) E1 - Happy Hands Linked Bookmark / Bracelet by Muskaan  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRlJ7bnx-c27PYtgXymx_ps-KL2pen_m/view

2) E1 - Happy Hands Butterfly Bookmark by Liliana Tosini - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mP1mFYpceCjLYQJynjaDsGUe2oxWJpSW/view  

3) and 4)  E3 - Pretty Me Endrucks Bookmark by Margaret Davies – models tatted by Margaret (3) and Muskaan (4) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ecTq3ylfGQqHr4JArbfqBcrL3RhVf71E/view

5) E24 - Bookmark by Ninetta Caruso -  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZpHou6AOWM3LZJVbEMNB_gurWqtjazRx/view  

6) E37 - Square Diamond Motif Bookmarks by Muskaan - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wqAPnOUZwLJ9tEUk55wDZhAMw2qCNFSj/view

7) E29 - Ribbon Bookmark by Muskaan, model tatted by Sally Biggers -   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1evMFOd-AjWhpOIQjCWogCnBe7HRDA_nL/view

8) E37 - bookmarks by Cynthia Dooley (Oct/Nov2022 model only) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wqAPnOUZwLJ9tEUk55wDZhAMw2qCNFSj/view

9) E43-  Bookmark adaptation by Pop L Maria (https://maryshandmade.blogspot.com/2022/03/proiectul-endruks-1970.html ) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JRu7OggaSna0eXDRA2P18dRu6uE4-1J7/view

Below are the models sent during the game by members of the group, listed alphabetically. I invite you to visit also the Facebook album where all models are shown - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.636439238247812&type=3

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1. Anna Bonelli - Her model is a combo of E10 and the E3 heart charm. Absolutely agree with Muskaan’s comment: Clever adaptation and use of colour placement!

2. Brookie Heightsmen – She called it “book worm mark”, nice and witty name! Pattern extracted from E41. I am with Muskaan when she says Brookie always manages to bring in a twist and a fresh look!

3. Lella Loops – within a couple of days after the end of the game, she sent this simple corner bookmark, derived from E1 adaptation by Muskaan... I love the colour of this little heart ❤️and very beautifully tatted!

4. Muskaan – These bookmarks are part of the countless collection of E37 derivatives tatted by Muskaan, during her adventure that lasted 3 years! Read what she tells us here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/08/almost-3-years.html
She already gifted many E37 derivatives to the Project, but my feeling is that the magician may pull more rabbits from her hat!

5. Ninetta Caruso – That was lazy tatting… I had started the E6 edging during the previous game in June 2023, it was already hanging on the shuttles and there was no need for much imagination: I just doubled the pattern.

6. Pina Pinto – I feel honoured that Pina chose to present her bookmarks (one is a butterfly, the other one looks like a blue flower), derived from E16, with the cover of my book “Tatting is a serious matter” in the background! She’s a long-time member of the group, being one of the first Volunteers. The early pdf with Pina Pinto's stepwise pics for the E16 was available since Nov 2020. Later, we reorganised it and added diagram and text, the new version is already public. For her blue bookmark she used part of the E16 edging, but it’s still only a model without a proper pattern, like many other models in the Project. But the butterfly I think is the one presented here: “E16 - Grazia Butterfly by Pina Pinto (2D or 3D)” https://drive.google.com/file/d/10mqdUjIcdRADIuGt5il0C2PUvGn0HthK/view

7. Sheetal Kakodkar – She’s a talented Indian tatter and participated with two bookmarks! The first one is derived from E18a, the second one is derived from E43, I love the interesting shapes she designed. In both she used part of the main pattern and added a tail with many techniques, which is a clever idea. Very inspiring!

8. Vani Kattoju – She’s not new to the group, nor to design, always ready to participate with enthusiasm and creativity. For this game she proposed patterns’ combos that are her original ideas.

For the bookmark which combines E3 and E8, she wrote it looks like a fun cartoon’s bookmark and asked our opinion. I agree with her, but Muskaan left her romantic point of view: “To me it looks like a small nosegay with dangling ribbons!”.

In the second picture, her tatting is extracted from pattern E12. She showed us two Rakhees tatted in sight for the Indian festival Raksha Bandhan. The larger she thinks could be a bookmark too, and the smaller one a brooch or a pendant.

In the third pic, there is a model which combines two patterns, E18a and a second unspecified one, I inked the question mark in the pic, because the E38 is my guess.

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You may have missed the time but you cannot lose the place. Just bookmark the link to the game (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1235560633606162/permalink/1631045330724355/), find the pattern which inspires you from the great number of main and derived patterns of the Project, and make your own bookmark. You will be always very welcome!

From Muskaan and me, our heartfelt thanks to all participants! And a very special thanks from me to Muskaan, an amazing master tatter and friend, and my PIC (“partner in crime”!) in this Project! 🥰

Ciao, Ninetta

the lace shop of my dreams

I enjoyed making this shop with lace and sewing goods! I started it in January 2022 and finished it in November 2024. The hardest part was collecting all the pieces, most of which I had to make myself, a long work of patience and passion -  I also had to learn new crafting abilities - and the final satisfaction is priceless. 

I have a lot of scissors in my shop, but you mustn't believe appearances! Most of them are metal sewing hooks (for bra), opened and flattened. I made the lace on the pillows, they are filet (needle) lace, bobbin lace and tatting. I’m particularly proud of how the little shuttles (and also the thimbles) turned out! I worked with toothpicks, my fingers are too big. I used a modelling dough by Fila DAS, it dries in the air very quickly, I used to play with this material times ago when I was young, and had to learn again how to use it! It was not easy and they came out a bit big for the 1:12 scale. Usable? Lol, I could do it …

I also made the cute pin cushion – but the bobbin lace on it was made by my friend Luigia Tosin.

Oops, I cannot forget to show you how it started! I bought the shelves (then I made changes and painted them) but I had to make the counter myself.

I started using beads but then I bought online about a hundred mini buttons 3mm, if you look at their details you can’t believe that they are so perfect, I love them (and luckily I didn’t have to use them all! Saved for another room? Who know!).

The “fake” mini croton plant was made during the #LeafMeEndrucks game in September 2024, for the #Endrucks1920Project. For each of the two dozen leaves, I followed Muskaan’s beautiful pattern “E15 Leaf Doodle #1”. 

UPDATE: link to pattern E15 Leaf Doodle #1 by Muskaan:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NL5KHsLxOHkfILCTTKojfhHy6B9v9EG3/view
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/12/lets-flourish.html

Thread is Lizbeth size 80, colour 136. I attached at the tip the wire (0.3mm), and wrapped it with the same thread to form the stems. The plant is 6cm high, from the "floor" to the highest tip.
Game details are here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ZQGiJ3yNKzZ7uwUB/

I also added lights on the ceiling – a great help to make out little things that wouldn’t be easy to spot. 

Here is a short video for you to watch - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n6t6t9FlQ2eUTNW2U1Bhc6P2WrC167Pt/view?usp=drivesdk

The doolroom measures 52x42cm, including the frame, depth 30cm. The tatting around the frame is the Endrucks’ pattern n.32, reworked for the #Endrucks1920Project. 

UPDATE:  Here is the link to the  E32 - Corner #1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GgQl20d7TYeKpitvbbQ0glv5lmzjbtRK/view

Note: If you like exploring the vast range of patterns, ideas, models, information related to the Project, we compiled all the important links in one document called EPLinks - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1TZBg-HIzseGEUoJ-rko7tNbtSgZY5A18Oy2Y9Hh0Y/view

The red text on the bottom right, attached to the counter, reads “Ago Filo e Fuselli” (Needle, Thread and Bobbins), that is the name of the local lace association I belong to.

This little shop has been my dream for a few years and now I cannot believe that is finished! I included many items that remind me of friends or personal travels, and I hope it will be preserved as a family heirloom.

Ciao, Ninetta

colour me Endrucks - roundup

I'm so happy to have joined the Project, it's a great way to learn and to improve my tatting, and it’s an incredible source of inspiration. Each participant brings a different perspective and new ideas, and we love this creativity, it’s what makes the project grow. And the bigger the project gets, the more we have to do behind the scenes! Much of this work is done through the partnership with Muskaan, but I’m the lazy girl and she is the real engine of the project! In her blog you always find the latest news! Have you read the last posts about our September 2024 game?
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/09/leafy-game.html
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/09/leafy-birdie.html

Instead in my blog I'm forever running behind. In fact I still have to show you the roundups of many games held in the Facebook group “Endrucks 1920 Project Group” in 2023 and 2024!
In this post you will find the collection of photos published during the game “Colour Me”, held in June 2023.

This colourful game consists in tatting one (or more) edging pattern from a subset of main patterns, using minimum 2 colours. Of course all patterns we chose for this game are from Eleonore Endrucks’ book ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitszen’, 1920, reworked and compiled in the  Endrucks 1920 Project document - https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view
In June 2023 we proposed 7 patterns which, in our opinion, resemble trees, but tatters chose freely their favourite colours and then the final look was not always something you can call a tree. Here is the list with links to respective pattern pdf:
PATTERN E3 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UY6CZQh0cjacyx6joTrGyU6UbA1rfMle/view
PATTERN E6 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xgjOW8CBDfPEpIKPD9n_naXaf8QbPXef/view  
PATTERN E7 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UDNg-1W6LJ3pyrn_Umz5f33BF01_92-E/view    (Adaptation by Julie Santos Villegas - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SmqcWxtPAlvveValWZmTlq-tHucSa6wr/view  )         
PATTERN E8 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cDLzuixuSm3vC9axCCDLit0KKiIfI_aR/view   
PATTERN E10 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YFBYqbgssthqDKYi8YkTX-fvAPmIYbm-/view
PATTERN E14 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mWiQTu_9oVPYpX_1MsObBRR7n1MJWr80/view
PATTERN E41 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zl7ep8dK4-SO_rWlqltcN6Hc2g4L1-80/view

A few tatters chose different patterns, not in the set for the game, but we welcome every participation!

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Next are the pics from fellow members of the group, listed alphabetically. 

1. Anna Bonelli, pattern E3 – She used soft light colours and opted to decorate her shirt with this flourishing edging.

2. Brookie Heightsmen, patterns E14 and E41 – She wrote that she didn’t feel in shape to tat, and she found her tatting was not very good. But we are very thankful that she decided to take part anyway, and with 2 models! Her E14 coloured thread reminded Muskaan of Holi, the festival of colours, in India! 

 Also, Brookie in her E41 sampler saw a stained-glass window with flowers. I can see it!

3. Margaret Davies, pattern E8 – She used Lizbeth size 20 thread, medium blue and Christmas green. She was unsure what to do with it, and we can only guess from her comments, perhaps she attached it to a pillowcase.

4. Michelle Forclaz, pattern E8 – She wrote that she had a problem at the end of the trunk. Which problem, I cannot spot it… She’s very creative, during that time she enriched our collection with a cat derived from E6 (July 2023), a fox’s head and a butterfly (July 2023) derived from the E3 - Eye Spy Heart by Muskaan. These are displayed in respective directories.

Note - If you like exploring the vast range of patterns, ideas, models, information related to the Project, we compiled all the important links in one document called EPLinks - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1TZBg-HIzseGEUoJ-rko7tNbtSgZY5A18Oy2Y9Hh0Y/view

5. Muskaan, pattern E14 – She devoted all her time in June 2023 to design variations of the patterns E14, ending up with an entire forest! In her blog she shared her work in progress, impressions and symbols, here:  https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/06/impressions.html
In the next pic there are her single E14 motifs as trees. She said “Single shuttle and ball (size 40), reposition methods used; different shades and picots for seasonal symbolism; couldn't add beads due to size mismatch.”
(That reminds me an old friend who used to show us wonderful photos, and later we discovered that he usually took 20 and showed us 2! So Muskaan, how many trees you have tatted?)

For the 2023 International Lace Day (25 June) she wound her shuttle again:

On 2nd July she revealed her interpretation of the #colourmeendrucks – “depicting the same tree during the Six Seasons we have in India. The foliage (rings) in each differ in the number and size of picots, each conveying a sense of the season. All tatted in size 40 threads in 12 different shades. “ 

Another month passed, and at the end of August 2023 she shared with us her pattern pdf link for the E14 trees for The Six Seasons of India – you can find details and pdf link in her blog here:  https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/08/make-forest.html 

6. Nancy Moore, pattern E43  – She called it “snakes in the garden, because of the two-colour split rings down the centre where the shuttles are reversed before each new ring.” Tatted in size 80. She wrote: “I made the same mistake in each half which gave the motif a very artistic/organic feel. I like the crooked blooms!” I think she created something very original!
And also, Muskaan commented that it can easily be tweaked into a butterfly, too. That’s a very nice idea, I love butterflies!

7. Ninetta Caruso, pattern E6 – I think it was the first time I tatted that pattern, and I found it very enjoyable. The thread is Lizbeth size 80, the multicoloured thread colour 154, and the green (I cannot remember the colour number).

8. Paola Bevilacqua, patterns E2+(E28 Heart) – She combined together patterns E2 and E28 Heart (by Muskaan) for a new edging. The beautiful hat, embellished with the edging tatted with two shades of bronze metallic thread, looks even more beautiful when worn by a budding fashion model, Paola's sweet granddaughter!

9. Pina Pinto, pattern E8 – Really clever use of beads to give the effect of real fruits hanging on the tree! 

10. Sally Biggers, pattern E29 – Her bookmark was tatted with Lizbeth size 20, colour 130 (Island Breeze). She wrote: “So enjoyed this month's challenge.  Am envious of those who were able to post multiple patterns, but also thankful that they were able to carry this out!”. She created at least 3 derivative patterns for our collection, one of them is the “January Snowflake” from the E43, that I tatted in April with flowery colours.

11. Silvana Buonvino, patterns E3, E6, E8, E10, E14 – She never fails to fulfil our wishes and is one of the most active tatters in the group! For the E3, she posted a nice edging with contrasting colours, they look like moving dancers holding hands! 

For the E6 she used the colour combo yellow and pink, resulting in a nice set, and now I’m very curious to know where she used them! 

With her E8, she managed to perfectly convey the idea of a row of trees. 

Looking with more attention to her E10, I think it is her coloured version of the “Victorian Love” bracelet by Wally Sosa (shown in the main pattern pdf). 

For the E14, she used bright metallic thread, multicolour range 30 (Guastalla) and light blue Sanbest, probably ready for jewellery or an application for a fashion top.

12. Teresa Grzeskowiak, pattern E8 – It was her first try at block tatting and her first submission in our group! We are very happy and energised every time a new tatter joins the Project!

13. Vani Kattoju, pattern E8 - Have you noticed the little birds on the tree? Or are they flowers? Vani jokes and encourage us to be imaginative.

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Now that the game is over, I’d like to repeat here part of our invitation to the game with the questions about design and colours, to see if any comment/answer will arrive to satisfy our curiosity…

We all love colours, don’t we! But everyone “sees” them in different ways, depending on personal experience, cultural heritage, or just their own preference. How do you combine colours in your tatting? Do you rationally apply the colour theory? Do you consult sites specialised in teaching how to mix colours? Do you ask friends/mum/sister/hubby to throw the dice? Do you just try to use up your stash, depending on your mood and without a clear idea in mind? Are you going to tell us your method?

Many thanks to all our participants and thanks to all members for colouring our group every day and not only in June 2023!

Ciao, Ninetta.

P.S. If you like taking inspiration from current or past games, these are collected in a separate document, just choose one and start and send us the pic of your model! - EP Events: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZiNdE53cvqj2cLlxVP-wlga8aocPtzs5/view

it was my turn - stars and snowflakes for tatme dec2022

For our “Tat Me” game in December 2022, for the Endrucks 1920 Project Group, we received over 100 stars and snowflakes! We love seeing our group enthusiastically engaged!

I invite you to read the previous posts:
https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2024/08/roundup-1-stars-and-snowflakes-for.html
https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2024/08/stars-and-snowflakes-for-tatme-dec2022.html
and to visit the Facebook album where all models are compiled - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.850439426182885&type=3    

In the next picture you can see how I used many of the stars and snowflakes: I bought two tote bags and then sewed the tatting on them with an invisible sewing thread. These were X’mas gifts for two friends of mine. Can you spot the “Fronkensteen butterfly” ? Now she’s gone with the bag… (https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2021/02/fronkensteen-butterfly.html )

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In the current post I’ll show you my tatting, not listed in any particular order, partially made before the game, and some stepwise pics I took during the game.

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1. Pattern by Krystyna Mura, “Celtic Stars and Snowflakes” - Pdf link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/129sfHkcR-MIhZniq6T-_Zh5BAcnJUqOw/view
The motif was slightly ruffled, thread is metallic Sanbest (3 strands), but after some mumbling, I decided to follow Muskaan’s tip - how to block using a rolling pin - (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2016/03/rolling-out-mental-block.html )

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2. Pattern by Krystyna Mura, “Filigree Stars and Snowflakes” - Pdf link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o_qb8Z1CkHq_nOQ-90k_QWpnhrRb0V_d/view
I haven't followed her instructions, I found it easier to tat the inner round first. I closed all the SCMRs together at the end, using another thread as a helper: I cut a short length of a cotton thread, folded it in half and put it at the very start and then at the starting point of each scmr. At the end, I passed the core thread in that loop (as though it was a magic loop trick), pulled the core thread and blocked them all in the centre. I cut and sewed ends. Here is the stepwise pics shared in the group:

Fig.3. Thread is metallic Sanbest, 4 strands.

In next pic, the little red rings are 4-3-3, I changed Krystyna’s stitch count.
There's a scmr that is not perfect, I had tension issues, but I loved this challenge.

Fig.4. Thread is metallic Sanbest, 3 strands.

3. Another Filigree Stars designed by K.Mura.
I tatted this one continuously starting from the outer round (faithful to Krystyna's original pathway)

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4. Another Filigree Star designed by K.Mura.
Tatted continuously, starting from the inner round, as suggested by Muskaan (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/12/before-and-after-3.html )

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5. Another Filigree Star designed by K.Mura.
Following Muskaan's tip again, and tatted in two separate rounds. Added the clip and one unflipped stitch after closing each scmr, as explained by Muskaan here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/12/before-and-after-3.html .
There's a little hole in the centre, that didn't show with my previous method (see Fig.7), but I like it!
Well, my personal preference is tatting this pattern in two separate rounds.

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6. Another Filigree Star from the pattern by K.Mura -
This is a variant of the Filigree Stars, following the tip by Krystyna: “By modifying the number of ds in the inner round, you can get motifs of other shapes.” I tatted 6 petals for the centre round, but I was not completely satisfied, it was ruffling at the end of the first round, and still slightly ruffled when finished. In the attempt to reduce the ruffle, I reduced the size of the thrown rings in the outer round, here they are 4-2-2

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7. Next is from the set “Little Stars and Snowflakes” by K.Mura. - Pdf link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D9n0yMmq50bO5PAf7883R7qJ_xR-agHT/view
I posted in the group a very short video, where I moved and stretched the arms till they were good enough for a nice picture! Now you can watch the video also here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z3obQ1Jp72eADykhc0OtzJIk_hqnt37_/view?usp=drive_link

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8.  “Tat me snowflake” by N. Caruso - Pdf link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZENvdgxihM0YI3Ar_UxP9lqRwprmFotP/view
This pattern is based on the “Eye Spy Heart” designed by Muskaan and derived from Endrucks’ pattern E3 - I have only added the split rings in the centre. Five repetitions of the heart make it a little coaster; six repetitions make it a snowflake (with a little modification in the arms, otherwise it wouldn't lie flat).
I’ve shared a short video with the model shared in the pdf and tatted in November, just before the game, with beads at tips - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K2xPwVa5PCitwqffe6c6KG8fPDHtZVUN/view

In the next model, made in December, I tatted the thrown rings as mock rings (or SCMR), hence a little thrown ring 4-4 can be added at the tips. When tatting the second SCMR, I joined with an Under and Over join (well this is over and under!) also called Alligator join.
For a tutorial about the Under and Over Join, please read this one by Muskaan:
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2018/05/mock-rings-1-under-and-over-join.html 
And also: https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/11/frost-flower-pictopattern.html

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Where all my stars and snowflakes went? Oh, one or two were spotted on the Christmas Tree!

 

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The game is really over! But you can still continue to tat and share with us stars and snowflakes from our Project, all listed in the Snowflakes directory - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NKMYK3i4PI9pRmyotGCk5GkV2xcDS_hSgJfh322EQFQ/view
and they will be always very welcome!

From Muskaan and me, our heartfelt thanks to Krystyna Mura and to all participants!

And a special thank from me to Muskaan, I am so fortunate to have such an amazing partner in this Project! 🥰

Ciao, Ninetta.