I wish I was at Palmetto Tat Days 2024

This Thursday evening marks the beginning of the Palmetto Tatdays.  This is a weekend of tatting and fun that is organized by the fabulous Palmetto Tatting Guild.  Last year I ran out of time and didn’t end up sending a kit for the grab bags.  This year I’m lucky that Ginny Weathers and Deana MacKenzie are taking my kits in their car.  I’m happy I was able to get the kits down there in time.  My big issue was getting a good picture of the project so I wrote on the pattern to come to this blog for a picture.  The pattern itself is very simple but it always helps to see a picture.  

Bottle Cap Pin Cushion

Bottle Cap Pin Cushion

Vicki Clarke 2023  victats@gmail.com

Materials

Size 20 thread

Shuttle or tatting needle

Water bottle cap

Material- I used pashmina scarves with interfacing to stabilize the stitches

Sewing needle and thread

Glue gun or Eileen’s taky glue

Terms

R-ring

C-chain

P- picot (consider adding beads to the picots on the chains or changing the ring count to 4 p 4 bead 4 p 4)

Motif

Shuttle tatters wind 5 yards CTM on shuttle.  Needle tatters normal tail.

*R          4 p 4 p 4 p 4  (on the repeats change the ring to:  R 4 + (previous p on R) 4 p 4 p 4 and on the last repeat join to the first ring)

C             8 p 8*

Repeat from * to * until you have 14 rings and chains then  tie to first ring and hide ends

To make the pincushion:

Make a running stitch about ¼ inch from edge. 

Gather up material so it creates a little pouch.

Stuff with polyfill and tie off the thread

Glue the stuffed pouch into the bottlecap raw edges into the bottle cap

I painted the bottle caps black but you may want to paint them a different color.  Alternatively, take a piece of ribbon and glue it around the sides of the bottle cap. 

Gently ease the tatted motif onto the bottle cap so the chains are on the fabric side and the rings are on the bottlecap side. Snug it up against where the pincushion meets the bottle cap.  You make want to glue or sew the tatting in place.  

4th of July tat-a-long Day 3

 Happy 4th of July!!!!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day full of fun and family!!!

Its a strawberry!!!!

A 4^th of July Tat-a-long 2024 Day 3

Vicki Clarke         victats@gmail.com

Terms

R- ring

C- chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

lj- lock join

lp- long picot

mp- mock picot

rw- reverse work.  I will only note this in situations where you don’t normally reverse work

SLT- shoe lace trick

CTM- continuous thread method, do not cut thread between ball and shuttle

+ join (where to join is indicated in brackets)

tw- turn work, to tat back in the direction you just came from you will turn the tatting like a page in a book

 

Materials

Shuttle or needle

red thread

Wind 4 yards of thread on the shuttle CTM, needle tatters normal tail

 

R             2 +(to same p on star where you started yesterday on star) 2

C             15

R             6 p 6 +(next p on star) 6 p 6

C             12

R             5 +(last p of previous ring) 5 p 5 p 5

C             10

R             4 +(last p of previous ring) 4 p 4 p 4

C             8

R             3 +(last p of previous ring) 3 p 3 p 3

C             15

R             3 +(last p of previous ring) 3 p 3 p 3

C             8

R             4 +(last p of previous ring) 4 p 4 p 4

C             10

R             5 +(last p of previous ring) 5 p 5 p 5

C             12

R             6 +(last p of previous ring) 6 +(next p on star) 6 p 6

C             15

R             2 +(next p on star) 2 

Cut and hide ends

Thank you everyone for tatting with me for the last 6 days.  I hope you have an awesome 4th of July long weekend!!!!!

Cheers

Vicki

4th of July Tat-a-long Day 2

 A 4^th of July Tat-a-long 2024 Day 2

Vicki Clarke         victats@gmail.com

Terms

R- ring

C- chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

lj- lock join

lp- long picot

mp- mock picot

rw- reverse work.  I will only note this in situations where you don’t normally reverse work

SLT- shoe lace trick

CTM- continuous thread method, do not cut thread between ball and shuttle

+ join (where to join is indicated in brackets)

tw- turn work, to tat back in the direction you just came from you will turn the tatting like a page in a book

 

Materials

Shuttle or needle

blue thread

 

Wind 1.5 yards of blue thread on shuttle.  Needle tatters normal tail

Start by doing a lock join to an outside picot on star from Day 1

 

C             12 lj (next p on star) 3 lp 3 lj (same p on star) 12 lj (next p on star)

C             tw slt 15

R             6 +(lp) 6

C             12

R             3 + (lp) 3

C             9

R             3 + (lp) 3

C             12

R             6 +(lp) 6

C             15 join to beginning cut and hide ends

See you tomorrow!

4th of July tat-a-long!

 Welcome to the 4th of July tat-a-long 2024

For the next few days leading up to and ending on the 4th of July I will post a small section of tatting.  

 A 4^th of July Tat-a-long 2024 Day 1

Vicki Clarke         victats@gmail.com

Terms

R- ring

C- chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

lj- lock join

lp- long picot

mp- mock picot

rw- reverse work.  I will only note this in situations where you don’t normally reverse work

SLT- shoe lace trick

CTM- continuous thread method, do not cut thread between ball and shuttle

+ join (where to join is indicated in brackets)

tw- turn work, to tat back in the direction you just came from you will turn the tatting like a page in a book

 

Materials

Shuttle or needle

White thread needed

 

Shuttle tatters wind 1.5 yards of thread on shuttle.  Needle tatters normal tail

 

R             3 lp 3

C             6

MR         1 p 1

C             6            

*R          3 +(lp) 3

C             6

MR         1 p 1

C             6*          

Repeat from * to * until you have large rings and 5 small rings.  Cut and hide ends. 

Make one motif

A Very Canadian Tat-a-long 2024 Day 3

 Happy Canada Day!!!!

I just want to let you know that I've been giggling to myself over this pattern.  I can't find a picture but there are often Canada Day Hats where the top is a maple leaf, its kinda felt like and its kinda like the "cat in the hat" hat.  That's kinda what this gnome is wearing.  I couldn't get my hands on a letter C bead this weekend but I'm planning on making a few gnomes with a C going between the 2 large SCMRs in the hat.  In the bottom picture the SCMRs in the beard are 2 p 2 and  I added braids to the picots.   Like I said I am having a lot of fun with this pattern.

A Very Canadian Tat-a-long 

Vicki Clarke 2024

victats@gmail.com

Terms

R- ring

C- chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

lj- lock join

lp- long picot

mp- mock picot

rw- reverse work.  I will only note this in situations where you don’t normally reverse work

SLT- shoe lace trick

CTM- continuous thread method, do not cut thread between ball and shuttle

+ join (where to join is indicated in brackets)

tw- turn work, to tat back in the direction you just came from you will turn the tatting like a page in a book

 

Materials

Shuttle or needle

Red, grey and a skin toned thread are needed

 

Wind 1.5 yards of red thread on shuttle CTM.  Needle tatters normal tail

Please note you will be joining to the opposite side of the day 1 motif

R1          2 p 2

C             8

R2          2 +(corner p on Day 1 motif) 2

C             8

R3          2 + (base of next ring on Day 1 motif) 2

C             8

R4          2 +(next p on Day 1 motif) 2       

C             8

R5          2 p 2

C             tw slt 10

R6          2 + (base of R4) 2

C             8

R7          4 +( base of R3) 4

C             8

R8          2 + (base of R2) 2

C             10 join to base of R1.  Cut and hide ends

You are done with the red thread

Wind 1/2 yard of grey thread on a shuttle CTM with ball.  Needle tatters will change thread on their needle

You will also need to have the skin-coloured thread on a shuttle or needle handy

 

Lock Join to the base of R6

C             6 vsp 6

Set down the grey thread and pick up the shuttle with the skin-coloured thread

R            6 +(base of R7) 6 vsp 6  before you close the ring pass the shuttle with grey thread through the ring.  This will join the ring to the chain. 

You are now done with the skin-colored thread.  I hide my ends in the next chain

C             4 vsp 4 vsp 4 lj (p on skin colored ring) 6 vsp 6 lj (to base of R8)

C             tw slt  8 lj (last vsp made) 6

SCMR    4

C             6 lj (next vsp) 8

SCMR    4

C             8 lj (next vsp) 6

SCMR    4

C             6 lj (next vsp) 8 join back to beginning.  Cut and hide ends

Gnome with beard braids.

A Very Canadian Tat-a-long Day 2

Hello and Welcome to Day 2!

A Very Canadian Tat-a-long Day 3

          Vicki Clarke 2024                

victats@gmail.com

 Terms

R- ring

C- chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

lj- lock join

lp- long picot

mp- mock picot

rw- reverse work.  I will only note this in situations where you don’t normally reverse work

SLT- shoe lace trick

CTM- continuous thread method, do not cut thread between ball and shuttle

 

Materials

Shuttle or needle

Red Thread

 

Wind 1.5 yards on shuttle CTM.  Needle tatters normal tail

 

R             2 +(corner p on Day 1 motif) 2

C             8

R             2 +(base of next ring on Day 1 motif) 2

C             8

R             2 +(next p on Day 1 motif) 2

C             6 vsp 8

R             2 vsp 2

C             6   DNRW

SCMR    6 + (vsp on previous chain) 6  DNRW

C             8

R             3 p 3

C             8 DNRW

SCMR    6 vsp 6 DNRW

C             6

R             2 vsp 2

C             8 +(vsp on previous SCMR)  6 

Join to 1^st chain made, hide ends.

I started with the small ring on the bottom left

See you tomorrow!

A Very Canadian Tat-a-long 2024

 Hi everyone!

Every year I do a quick tat-a-long for the days leading up to Canada Day.   I have been doing this since 2018 and every year it it seems to work out.  The project is not meant to tat you all day to tat and is just a fun quick project.  There will still be plenty of time to go watch fireworks and parades.  The Canada Day Tat-a-long will be followed by a 4th of July Tat-a-long.  This will occur over the days leading up to the 4th.  I hope you enjoy these projects!

A Very Canadian Tat-a-long Day 1

Vicki Clarke 2024

victats@gmail.com

Terms

R- ring

C- chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

lj- lock join, where to join is indicated in brackets

lp- long picot

mp- mock picot

dnrw- do not reverse work

rw- reverse work.  I will only note this in situations where you don’t normally reverse work

SLT- shoe lace trick

CTM- continuous thread method, do not cut thread between ball and shuttle

+ join, where to join is indicated in brackets

Materials

Shuttle or needle

White thread

Wind 2 yards on shuttle CTM, needle tatters will use a normal tail.

R             6 lp 6

C             10 p 10

*R          6 + (lp) 6

C             10 p 10* 

Repeat from * to * 2 times to make 4 rings and 4 chains.  Join the last chain to the beginning, tie and cut.

Make 1 motif.

For tomorrow you will need red thread.

See you tomorrow!!!