Heart's Desire

One of my favorite patterns is "Heart's Desire" by Susan K. Fuller.  I have tatted this piece four of five times in the past three years.

For this recent heart I used an Omega 50 cotton. The thread is quite soft.  On the final ring the thread broke once the ring was closed. I used the ball thread to make a lock join through that ring. One could use a single shuttle split ring to finish off and reduce the ends to tie in.

At 2.5 inches at the widest point, this is ready to put on a card

The pattern was shared with the online class and can be found here or the diagram by Frivole here.

Serwetka VI Doily 6

 I have finished this doily in Omega size 50, it measures 9in/22 cm. The last row did not add to the size.  I was quite skeptical of the thread but it was not difficult to tat with as long as you are not a tight tatter.

The colorway is interesting and for photographing, I tried a few backgrounds as suggested and settled on white.

This is from the book by Jan Stawasz Tatted Treasures , which is full of a wide variety of tatted patterns.  I thought the central part of this pattern would work for a clock face and perhaps it will.

One More Row

This Doily has been an adventure, firstly using the Omega thread and secondly another Jan Stawasz Doily.  Can you tell I like his patterns, in fact the Tatted Treasures book is looking a little worn as I have browsed through the pages so much. I took the top picture as the sun streamed into the kitchen this morning. So happy to be on the last row of any project, and yes I do know the last row is the longest row. 

The Omega thread is soft but tats up nicely as long as you don't tat too tight.  The thread is not smooth but more of a natural finish and if you tat too tight the rings are hard to close.  The doily above is now 9 inch (22 cm) size so a nice size and don't think I am halfway through this 30 gram ball. I think this thread may be best suited to crochet so I will try a little, see I did crochet around a button but probably should have grabbed a smaller hook. It does crochet up nicely.

The Cobweb Doily

The group over at CRAFTREE are having a Spring Tat-along and the doily chosen is called The Cobweb Doily.  You can get the pattern free from the link  here. 

I had some major cupping after the last row and tried to block it but you can see the strain in a few of the rings.  I will tat again and tighten up the chains in row two which seem to be the problem. It is a nice little doily and a good practice piece, I used split rings and split chains to climb out of each row.