I spent hours watching YouTube videos yesterday, and I fell in love with "Olivia" by mai mai kaito. However, I made a big mistake, and her beautiful square motif became a snowflake. I didn't notice my mistake until I was almost finished with the second repeat.
I thought about snipping my thread and starting over, but then I decided to keep going to see what would happen. I found that it's incredibly difficult to remember how a mistake has been made so that it can be repeated five times!
I hope to find time this week to tat this beautiful motif correctly!
I wanted to try another pattern for bookmarks, so I headed back to Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. This pattern is Crooked Mile. I've started tatting this pattern many times, never successfully. This time I took a picture with my iPad and used the markup function to keep track of my place in the pattern. It worked like a charm!
I really like your snowflake. You can say it’s your pattern inspired by mai mai kaito. I haven’t tried crooked mile, reminds me of dna, it makes a good bookmark.
ReplyDeleteThat's what my friends Denise and Sue Anna said! It was very difficult for me to repeat my mistake. Once I saw what I had done wrong, I wanted to follow the pattern correctly. I don't think I have the brain power to write down my mistake! ;-)
DeleteI never tat from a book or any form of paper. I do what you do - take a photo/scan and then use markup. I found that specially useful when doing the Houtz bauble patterns and the Dutch ones as I was translating them.
ReplyDeleteIt took me a long time to find the markup function! Most times it works like a charm. Other times I do something that makes all my markings disappear. Some day I'll take the time to figure out what I've done wrong!
DeleteEverything is fabulous and I love that snowflake design!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sue!
DeleteLove your snowflake design!!!
ReplyDeleteAh, if only it were truly mine!
Deletemai kaito has some nice videos. In addition to the square (which you tatted into snowflake - and looks GREAT), I was on http://jilofalltrades87.blogspot.com/ blog and saw the lovely heart pattern. (tho, haven't made it yet). And Mai Kaito also used 4 heart patterns together in another video. Videos are a nice way of sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love watching her videos!
DeleteFrankly it looks great as a snowflake! What a fortuitous mistake. :D
ReplyDeleteYes, it was definitely fortuitous!
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