Sunday, November 19, 2017

Crown in Progress

Work in Progress
"Pinnacles" 
Tatting Patterns and Designs
by Gun Blomqvist & Elwy Persson
pages 92-94

This is my first effort at trying to tat anything larger than earrings with multiple strands of sewing thread. This is Coats & Clark All Purpose thread, article 210 Color 83B. It looks a little washed out in this picture, but it is a lovely gold color without being a metallic thread. I'm tatting with five strands to produce a crown approximately 5 inches in diameter. The hardest part about working with this thread is dealing with the all of those ends!

I'm really amazed at how well it looks already. I still have two more motifs in this round and then the final round which provides the peaks. If I were making it for myself, I would be tempted to stop at this round, but I may think differently once I see the final round in place.

Happy tatting!

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6 comments:

Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane said...

Your crown looks beautiful! I have patterns for crowns, but I've never gotten around to trying one. It will be fun to see the finished piece!

Jane McLellan said...

It looks lovely, but sounds a bit tricky to work!

God's Kid said...

Your crown looks fabulous!!!! :)
The big picture is gone now.

muskaan said...

You are brave to tat with 5 ! But worth it -- it does look lovely :-)

Margarets designer cards said...

Beautiful crown and lovely pattern well done for tatting with five threads

Eliz Davis aka Tatknot said...

Thank you. It has been a fun project to tat, and my first 3d crown. There are three in this book.