It's a badly glare-ridden picture, sorry. It was already dark out and I was trying to get a good picture with my task light.
The teal is #80 tatting cotton, more stash from my grandma, and the white is cheap #30 crochet thread, probably from Walmart or a thrift store. The beads are 11/0 seed beads. The pattern is free on the internet, here.
The quality of the thread makes a huge difference in the ease of tatting. The white thread is fuzzy and rough, and is hard to pull through the stitches to close the rings. The #80 thread, despite being smaller and harder to count the stitches, is infinitely easier to use since I don't have to coax it along. It doesn't matter so much for crochet, but for tatting you really need a nice smooth thread. I'm going to stash the Coats thread back in the closet and pull out a ball of DMC Cebelia, which is much higher quality.
I'm having so much fun!
I love all the tatting! I used to teach tatting back where we used to live and it was always so fun watching people learn 'the flip' for the first time.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember if you mentioned it but have been to Handy Hands? (http://www.hhtatting.com/)
they are favorite resource for all things tatting, their thread selection is amazing.
also if you have not surfed through Jane Eborall's website yet you are totally missing out, I love all her fun patterns and she has such a great sens of humor and way of explaining new techniques. (http://janeeborall.blogspot.com/)