Saturday, August 21, 2021

Keeping busy

It was very humid today, a perfect day to sit inside and tat! I did go out on the porch for walks throughout the day, but otherwise I was  content to stay inside.


I'm working my way through my button ornament patterns. I'm finding that I really like some of them, and others just do nothing for me. Still, I had great fun creating them all last year. This is my December 2 pattern. I'm terrible with names, so naming them by dates kept me from getting bogged down with decision making.

The December 3 pattern is one that I can take or leave. I'm not real thrilled with the open spaces. The shuttle is one of my newest ones from Alexey Romanov.

December 4 is a pattern that just didn't seem right to me, so I decided to tweak it a little.

I changed the stitch count a little on the last round, and I think it has a much cleaner look. So now I have a December 4 variation!

December 5 is one I really like. One advantage of tatting these designs after months of ignoring them is that I have to follow my own directions. I know I had to revise several patterns because of mistakes that others found. It's funny that at the time I just couldn't see the mistakes in the patterns. Thank goodness there were tatters who asked for clarification!

8 comments:

  1. Ah, the huge advantage of writing the patterns down! And sharing them. Wonderful colour. Umming and arring about my favourite. I like the top one with its varied spacing.

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  2. Lovely buttons, I like December 2 and your new variation of December 4, I hope you will write the pattern up one day.

    All we are having is rain with a bit of sunshine, its not what you would call very warm either, hopefully the weather will improve.

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    1. Thanks, Margaret! I just made the stitch count match the previous chain, and I increased the chain that makes the rings by two.

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  3. They're all pretty! I think my favorite is December 2.

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