I made that earrings up for the Italian Facebook group, in which we are tatting together and learning what celtic tatting is.
It's not very original, it just helped me to understand the celtic knot.
Some links where I found instructions:
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After the celtic knot, that I closed with a lock join to the starting picot, I didn't cut the thread.
I tatted a ring 8-8ds, leaving a very small bare thread space, then I curled and blocked it in position (with a normal join), over the lock join, moving both threads up to continue.
Actually the celtic knot is just a knot and it needs a rope to be knotted! Then, I tatted a long chain of 120 ds.
Starting a 'dead end chain' may be done in few different ways, there's a blog post by Muskaan with links and pics:
Here I choose the method suggested by Sue Hanson, making a
mock picot and second half ds unflipped and using a short loop of thread in place of the paper clip, that is because I used the starting point of the chain to weave the celtic knot.
The difficult here is to keep an even tension through the chain. It needs a little exercise. I suggest to push the stitches as you go and pay attention to don't let behind unwanted small picots.
I prepared a drawing that helped me to make the knot and my first attempt was with a shoelace. Starting from the asterisk, I pinned the last ds of the chain and followed carefully my line, passing over and under. Then I joined the two ends with a lock join.
Hope to see your tatted celtic knot soon! Join us on Facebook!
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Woo-hoo! This is my 500th post!!! Thank you everyone for your kind support 🙏 ❤!
Ciao,
Ninetta
I tatted a Celtic pumpkin once, can’t remember where the pattern came from. Your earring is a lot more elegant.
ReplyDelete:-f thanks, it's very kind of you 🥰
DeleteWhat fun!! And I love the earring! Thank you for another inspiring post. 500??? That's wonderful!!
ReplyDeletethank you dear Mel :X yes definitely time flies 🌹
DeleteCongratulations and love this true Celtic tatting! I did that tat-along by Lilas Lace and know how fiddly the chain can be! Ruth Perry truly is an inspiration. Thank you for the pattern :-)
ReplyDeletethank you for your kind comment :-f it is nothing than the celtic knot "knotted" with a chain :)
DeleteWonderful!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you 🥰!
DeleteBeautiful earrings, i love the pattern I think I would love to have a go at this,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 500th post
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