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Tuesday, 28 July 2015

who needs beads?


Disclaimer: tatting mock beads with size 80 thread, instead of using real beads is just an insane personal choice... You're warned. Moreover, handmade tatted beads could differ in size due to tatter's mood and irritability, but could also differ in shade due to hand washing soap unavailability. Ugh!

Thread dmc size 80, worked with 3 shuttles. Split rings, 3rd thread is carried inside the second half of each split ring.

Ciao,
Ninetta
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22 comments:

  1. muskaan28 July 2015 at 12:40

    You are Amazing !!!! You come up such effects & techniques that one wonders why they haven’t been done for all these generations !!!
    They look Great, with or without your riders :-)

    I had made tatting beads using variable/uneven wrap in padded ds (1,5) & they give a solid bead effect. But yours are so cute wrapped around with a hollow centre like a true bead :-)

    Is that Mrs Odum's Daisy in the corner ? So impatient to see it completed .....

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    1. Ninetta28 July 2015 at 13:59

      Ty! I'd like seeing your experiments with wrapped thread, did you put it in craftree? Yes, you're right, Mrs Odum's daisy is unique, just a glimpse and you know which pattern is :)

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    2. muskaan28 July 2015 at 15:34

      I had posted my experiments with the pds , along with an update on the thread link, etc : http://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.in/2014/05/tatting-experimenting-with-stitch.html
      You Must read/see that thread -- Usha Kota had done some lovely pieces (she also has an engineering brain like yours!).

      Mrs Odum's Daisy is on my to-tat list for a long time .... identifying it was "Elementary" ;-P There is a lovely variation on that pattern too.

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  3. Fox28 July 2015 at 12:47

    This is an absolutely insane idea! I LOVE it! Very creative and so pretty.
    : ))

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  4. Margarets designer cards28 July 2015 at 14:57

    I love the idea, especially if you don't the colour you want in a bead,
    Margaret

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  5. God's Kid28 July 2015 at 15:56

    Great idea!!! :)

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  6. Michelle28 July 2015 at 16:20

    Oh, this is intriguing! I love it!

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  7. Ninetta28 July 2015 at 16:22

    Thank you Sue and Michelle!

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  8. Madtatter8028 July 2015 at 16:36

    I think this is a great idea real beads are really not great with cotton it tends to wear down the fibers over time.
    wonderful post :)

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  9. Jane McLellan28 July 2015 at 16:57

    That's really clever! And pretty. And perhaps more 'pure' than adding beads.

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  10. Ninetta28 July 2015 at 17:03

    Thank you Carollyn and Jane! Wow now I could be distracted again, going to tat a "soft beaded" bracelet!! Why do I ever think useless things like a bookmark's tail?

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  11. Frivole28 July 2015 at 22:17

    Oh I love clever new ideas like this! So do you carry the bead thread along the core thread of your split ring? I have to go and try this! Thanks Ninetta. :-)

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  12. Jenn29 July 2015 at 05:16

    What a great idea!!! Thanks for sharing :).

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  13. Ninetta29 July 2015 at 11:18

    Thank you Frivole and Jenn for your comments!

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  14. Phyllis30 July 2015 at 00:28

    Great idea. I can see doing this in metallic thread for "glittery beads".

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  15. Gina30 July 2015 at 00:50

    You're a genius at designing Ninetta :) Another great idea!

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  16. Ninetta30 July 2015 at 08:54

    Thank you Gina and Phyllis!

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  17. YorkieSue30 July 2015 at 15:21

    Brilliant idea! I can see this on Lanyards and if made in Polyester Penny thread be more resilient than cotton...
    Thank you for sharing
    SueH

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  18. Ninetta30 July 2015 at 16:57

    Thank you very much SueH, good point.

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