Dianna

I loved tatting this bookmark, one among few I know, that really ask for 3 shuttles to be tatted. Another one it is a beautiful snowflake designed by Teiko Fujito, lately tatted by Carollyn, you can see it in her blog: http://tennbrown.blogspot.it/2015/08/japanese-tatting-with-3-shuttles.html.

This pattern is called "Dianna", by Mimi Dillman. It was very short with my size 80 thread, so I added some more flowers. Sorry Mrs Dillman, I hope you like it!

Thanks to her, when I found her photos in 2010 (here: http://home.netcom.com/~ntrop/cluny/instructsplit.htm), I learnt how to tat clunies.
UPDATE link for instructions: http://mimidillman.com/tutorials/tatting-cluny-leaves-by-hand/

Pattern is free: http://home.netcom.com/~ntrop/mimi/dianna.html
UPDATE: link to the pattern: http://mimidillman.com/patterns/bookmark-dianna/

Another reason to go with this pattern it is that I followed all posts by Muskaan about clunies and there was something that I wanted to try. In particular, I liked what she calls "One Small Step behind the scenes", I think it's effective in reducing the twist of the loop. I do a finger loom, then I pass the loom shuttle into the loop just after I finished the leaf.

What is coming next? An hint: look at the upper side of the picture, I needed a bookmark for that page... May you recognize the book? Layered rings emerge from time to time into old books.

Ciao,
Ninetta