A damp, Autumn chill descended upon my corner of Tat Land over the weekend. After several gorgeous week days with temperatures in the 80s (30 degrees C) I was downright cold.
So I put the kettle on for some Chocolate Chai tea, donned my favorite Pashmina and set about tatting leaf samples for a Tat-Along being hosted at my local yarn shop (LYS) on October 14, 2012.
The pattern is the Maple Leaf Motif from the February 1975 Workbasket which has been diagrammed and adapted by Tammy Rodgers to include a stem.
I have tatted it with Lizbeth® 40 Falling Leaves #100 for the rings and Lizbeth® 40 Victorian Red #670 for the chains. The stem is pearl tatted. I quite like the look, but will add an extra core thread next time to give the appearance of a sturdier stem.
If your thoughts have turned to tatting leaves, there are loads of great patterns from which to choose. Georgia Seitz has a great page pulled together, Notes on Designing Tatted Leaves.
Karey Solomon has a booklet for sale called "Tatting Turns over a New Leaf."
Jane Eborall shares her Beady Leaves on her online pattern pages.
Our dearly departed Tatting Goddess, Gina Brummett, posted this leafy image on her tatting blog on January 10, 2007, with the following words:
Gina's leaves from October 31, 2010 (maples, oaks, celtic and miscellaneous, small leaves) are truly inspirational.
Wishing you all blissful me time to create something beautiful. See you next Tuesday for more communi-tea!
So I put the kettle on for some Chocolate Chai tea, donned my favorite Pashmina and set about tatting leaf samples for a Tat-Along being hosted at my local yarn shop (LYS) on October 14, 2012.
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| Motif 18 - Maple Leaf Tatted by IsDihara 2012 |
The pattern is the Maple Leaf Motif from the February 1975 Workbasket which has been diagrammed and adapted by Tammy Rodgers to include a stem.
I have tatted it with Lizbeth® 40 Falling Leaves #100 for the rings and Lizbeth® 40 Victorian Red #670 for the chains. The stem is pearl tatted. I quite like the look, but will add an extra core thread next time to give the appearance of a sturdier stem.
If your thoughts have turned to tatting leaves, there are loads of great patterns from which to choose. Georgia Seitz has a great page pulled together, Notes on Designing Tatted Leaves.
Karey Solomon has a booklet for sale called "Tatting Turns over a New Leaf."
Jane Eborall shares her Beady Leaves on her online pattern pages.
"A "delphinium" from Tatting Collage by Lindsay Rogers becomes a Christmas or Evergreen tree with green metallic embroidery floss."
Gina's leaves from October 31, 2010 (maples, oaks, celtic and miscellaneous, small leaves) are truly inspirational.
Wishing you all blissful me time to create something beautiful. See you next Tuesday for more communi-tea!
What a lovely post today! Beautiful leaves all - and thanks for showing Gina's. They truly are inspirational.
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Thanks for the links.Leaf patterns can be useful! I made the maple leaf into a bookmark for my son after he'd spent a year in Canada. Love the colours you chose for it.
ReplyDeleteWhat?! No Christmas Red?!?
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Lovely post, beautiful leaf and thank you for sharing the pattern.
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I purchased Lizbeth falling leaves when over the pond so its good to see how it works up. So many leaves, reminding us that indeed they are turning into some wonderful colours oh and yes falling!
ReplyDeleteYour leaf looks great. I saw it and thought it looked familiar and it is! I did that one last year. I haven't gotten out any fall colors yet to tat with though I've thought about it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Gina's leaves, they are quite an inspiration.