Patterns

Monday, March 24, 2025

Cleaning up...

On Sunday I was in a strange mood.  I wanted to do something but not any crafting and not cleaning my house.  It was also quite cold outside compared to the previous week.  So I decided to go through my google mail and erase the multitude of old, spammy, or unnecessary to keep emails.  I was able to find a few patterns that I thought I lost in the fire and a few other things I had forgot about.  The best part though was the collection of comment notifications from this blog.  I can't tell you how happy it made me to read through the short notes that people wrote.  So I wanted to say thank you for all the insights and appreciation for what I've shared over the years.   Nothing else going on, just a gratitude post.




 

 

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!


Wishing you all a Happy New Year!!!!

In celebration of the New Year I’m sharing a star pattern.  May you have peace, prosperity, abundance, and family unity in 2025!


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.  

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.  


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!!!

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!


 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 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