The crosses I tatted for mom include one for a mom-to-be who doesn't know the gender of her baby. So, I thought I'd make both pink and blue crosses to add to the choices. Well,
duh. Mom wanted white or cream because she will gift it BEFORE the child is born. Oh well, some future gifts to have on hand!
The pink cross is Elizabeth Zipay's
Tatted Cross, an easy little cross to tat that is just a wonderful design. I tatted this one in Size 20 Lizbeth Tropical Punch with a spiral tail & tassel. It always makes me mad trying to weave in the ends of a variegated thread - I never remember to use the looper, and you can
always see those ugly little stitches. Ugh.
And the blue one is Elva's Cross from
Tatted Bookmarks - Needle and Shuttle from Handy Hands. Tatted in Lady Shuttlemaker's HDT Helm's Deep, size 20, again with that spiral chain and tassel. I love that spiral chain :)
I think this one is very pretty, but it was a bit putzy. All 4 arms are tatted individually and joined, so there's a bit of cutting and weaving in those ends. Very much worth doing though - I like how it looks and how sturdy it turns out. I also like my thread color better than that shown in the book. Funny how sometimes a picture of a pattern will sway my decision to do it because the thread choice is not appealing to me.
They're lovely and I can't see your woven in ends! I love making the Elizabeth zipay one but haven't tried the other. If I saw that it was four pieces, I doubt I would try it. But just looking at it, I think it might be possible to do it in one pass, I could be wrong....
ReplyDeleteLove that helm's deep!
I wondered about trying one pass, but decided it would take me just as long to just do it the way the pattern said. That modifying scares me . . .
DeleteBoth are very pretty, but I especially like the blue one!
ReplyDeleteWhen working with variegated or multi-color thread, I just kind of squint when I'm looking at the finished piece. That way I don't see the little blips of color. ;-)
Ha! Maybe I should just take my glasses off?
DeleteI love Elizabeth's cross. I have that pattern....I think I need to find that pattern now. I love the way you have done the spiral chain.....mine never comes up good and therefore, I totally shy away from them. Whenever I see others doing it so well, I wonder how you all manage to do it so neatly. Any words of wisdom for me? Thanks - Sunela
ReplyDeleteI do love the spiral chains! Once I get enough stitches made to start the spiral, I keep snugging up the stitches to continue the natural twisting. I will make a lock stitch every 10-15 stitches too, so it keeps its shape. (Lock stitch - unflipped stitch.)
DeleteBoth crosses are lovely and I like both patterns
ReplyDeleteMargaret
Really great crosses!!! :)
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