Victats
A blog about my tatting, being a Chiropractor and living in the Ottawa Valley
Monday, March 24, 2025
Cleaning up...
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Tatted Star Pattern
Continuing with the 2025 New Year Celebrations!
Tatted Star Pattern
Vicki Clarke 2024
Terms
R- ring
C- chain
P- picot
CTM continuous thread method
To start:
Wind 2 yards on shuttle CTM
*R 4 p 4
C 10*
Make 5 rings and 5 chains the weave the chains into a star. (See video) Then:
Round 2
Alligator join to base of first right. Then reverse work. Then:
*C 8 alligator join around base of next ring*
Repeat 5 times around star. Tie a knot
Link to video tutorial https://youtu.be/K3QZFDK7EQs?si=YnLrocF0Q80025oe
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Happy New Year!
Pentacle Star
Vicki Clarke 2025
Terms
R ring
C chain
P picot
*R 4 p 4
Lock stitch chain 10*
Repeat from * to * until there are 5 rings and 5 chains the weave the chains as shown in video
Round 2
Alligator join to base of ring 1
*C. 10 alligator join to base of next ring*
Repeat from *to* around star. Join to beginning (I do an alligator join). Tie knot, hide ends
Video tutorial can be found here https://youtu.be/tj0ScSv8__A?si=T_AaLqeKp_xwZ5nq
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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.
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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
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.
Thursday, July 4, 2024
4th of July tat-a-long Day 3
Happy 4th of July!!!!!!
I hope you have a wonderful day full of fun and family!!!
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Its a strawberry!!!! |
A 4th 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
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
4th of July Tat-a-long Day 2
A 4th 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!
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
4th of July tat-a-long!
A 4th 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