Bell Angel

This is an old pattern that I made into a kit for the Palmetto Tatdays in 2015. Its very cute on a mini Christmas tree. 

Bell Angel

Vicki Clarke 2015

victats@gmail.com

 Materials:

1 shuttle

1.5 yard of size 20 thread for skirt

½ yard of size 20 thread for wings

6mm bead for head

 Jingle bell (1/2 inch approximately)

1.  Make motif in diagram leaving a long tail of thread

2. Tat one pair of angle wings. 

3.  To assemble pull the skirt thread down through the top of the bell

4.  Pull the thread up through the 6mm head bead.  

5. Tie wings on between the 6mm head bead and the skirt.

5.  Make a hanger by tying knot in loop near the bead large enough it doesn’t slip back through the bead.  

                                                       

                     Bell Angel

Happy 4th of July!!!

Wishing all of you a Happy 4th of July weekend!!!!

Terms

R- ring

C- chain

+ join

sp- small picot

SCMR- self closing mock ring. See http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/SCMR.pdf for instructions

Day 3

Round 1

*R       3 +( above 1^st lj of rocket) 3

C         10

SCMR                        3

C         10

R         3 +( above 2^nd  lj of rocket) 3

C         10*

Tat from * to *, each time moving to a different rocket.

Round 2

*R       3 +(space above ring) 3

C         12

SCMR                        3

C         12

R         3 +(space above next ring) 3

C         12*

Tat from * to *, each time moving to a different rocket.

4th of JulyTat-a-long Day 2

 There might be a few ends to today's portion but I believe you can overcome any ends phobias.  

  Muahahaha!

4^th of July Tat-a-long 2019

Rockets Red

Vicki Clarke 2019 Victats@gmail.com

Terms

R- ring

C- chain

sp- small picot

+ join

SCMR- self closing mock ring. See http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/SCMR.pdf for instructions

Day 2

24 inches red thread on shuttle CTM with ball

R         4 sp 4 sp 4 vsp 4

C         4 lj (1^st sp) 3

SCMR                        2

C         3 lj (2^nd sp) 4 lj (3^rd sp) 18

Cut ends leaving a long enough tail to hide ends.  Pass the Chain up through one ring and down through the next ring.  Tie to beginning and hide ends.  Make 5 rockets, making sure that they all go through the rings in the same direction.

See you tomorrow!

A Very Canadian Tat-a-Long Day 2

Day 2 is a little bit longer with a couple twists and turns.  If you would like to keep things short and simple then when done tatting Day 2 add a tassel to the final ring.  However, if you would like to make something a little bit bigger then make 3.

The spot of dirt on the right didn't
show up until now.  Please ignore it lol!

Terms

C- chain

R- ring

vsp- very small picot

lj- lock join.  Make a lock join by using a crochet hook to pull shuttle thread through the joining space.  This creates a loop and you pass the shuttle through the loop then tighten to remove excess thread.  In these patterns a lock join is often joined to the space between chains.  Where to do the lj is indicated in brackets.  For example lj (C2 & 3) means a lj in the space between the 2^nd and 3^rd chain.

rw- reverse work; turn the tatting towards you to change the direction the chain is facing

SCMR- self closing mock ring.  See http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/SCMR.pdf for instructions.

slt- shoe lace trick

Day 2

R         5 vsp 5 vsp 5

LSC    4

SR       6/6 ***before closing this ring slip the center motif through the ring so the chains are caught in the ring.***

C         vsp 10 lj (closest vsp of motif 1) 3

SCMR                        1 p 1

C         3 lj (next vsp) tw slt 10 +(vsp next ring)  4

R         1 p 1

C         4 +(next vsp same ring)  10 +( vsp top ring) 4

R         1 p 1

C         3

R         3 p 3

C         3

R         1 p 1

C         4 +(next vsp top ring) 10 +(vsp next ring) 4

R         1 p 1

C         4 +(next vsp) 10 +(vsp next ring) tw slt 3

SCMR                        1 p 1

C         3 lj(next vsp)  10 lj(vsp 1^st C)

LSC    10

R         6 p 6  ***I did this as a single shuttle split ring and hid the ends as I made it. ***

***If you are making the larger project then on the 2^nd and 3^rd motif the final ring with be:

R         6 +(1^st motif) 6

Camping

I was camping on the weekend with my Sparks (girl guides). I guess if you sleep in a heated building its not considered camping. We slept on the floor and spent all the time outside so its as camping as things get at 5 and 6 years old. The Sparks made mother's day gifts since they were being picked up on Mother's Day. We also made necklaces and pipe cleaner wands. I thought they turned out really cute and the girls really liked them. Everyone loves making stuff with pipe cleaners. Here is the picture of one wand that got left behind. I have also given instructions on how to make one below.

Pipe cleaner Wand

pipe cleaners- assorted colors, some cut in half

foam stars (or you can make your own out of pipe cleaners)

2 pieces of ribbon

hole punch

Take a long pipe cleaner and wind the shorter pipe cleaners around it until the entire length is covered. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the foam star. Insert the end of the main pipe cleaner through the hole and bend it back towards the base creating a loop through the star. Finish the loop by twisting the tip around the base. Finish by tying the ribbon on the wand by pulling the ribbon through the loop and tying the ends together. If you wanted to add a little more you could use sparkles around the edge of the foam. This is a craft that any age can do, you can make it fancier by making the stars out of scrapbook paper.