Eksamen

Jeg har fulgt et kurs i en spesiell nuperelleteknikk på internett: hvordan slå nupereller ved hjelp av en nål. Her er eksamensarbeidet: en bord og en brikke.

Brikken er laget i Flora no 10 og borden i DMC perle no 8.

Jeg har litt mer øvelse igjen for å få ringene like store og litt mer eksperimentering med nål/tråd kombinasjoner, men dette er en start.

English summary
I have been following the online class in needletatting by Georgia Seitz. This is the graduation works – an edging and a doily. The edging is done in DMC perle cotton no 8, and if you look closely you'll find that the small floating Josephine knots are done in two different ways: two are done by using SLT and a ring in SCMR style, the others are true rings made by using the ball thread.

The doily is done using Flora 10. I don't like this thread for shuttle tatting, and I found that I don't like it for needle tatting either.

I need more exercise to get the rings the same size when using perle cotton, and more experimenting with thread/needle combinations.

Rekostruksjon pågår

Nuperelleskolen The Online Tatting Class, har som prosjekt å rekonstruere en gammel nuperellebok av Emmanuel Bocher, publisert i 1912. Oppgaven er å ta et gammelt mønster, gjenta det etter gammel metode og oversette det til mer moderne teknikker. Jeg har side 28. Dette er en rapport av arbeidet med den siden.

English version
The Online Tatting Class has embarked on a mission of recreating the 1912 Emmanuel Bocher Tatting Book. So far I have been working on page 28. The tiny motif consist of two rows of 2-2-2-2 rings separated with bare threads. The fun part is that the bare threads of the two rows are twisted together!


When I first studied the pattern and tried to reproduce it, I could not get the twisted thread right when using the method described. Then I was told the last part was done using a needle as a shuttle. That resolved the problem and explained something else that had been puzzling me: why was the longest motif only 3 rings long?

The original way of making this motif is like this:

• Tat 2 or 3 2-2-2-2 rings separated by bare thread and joined the usual way
• Tat 1 2-2-2-2 ring
• Cut the thread in the length needed to tat 1-2 rings
• Use a blunt needle to get the tread under the bare thread separating two rings
• Use the same needle as a shuttle when tatting the next ring, joining as usual

The cutting of the thread explains why the motifs are small; you don't want a too long thread on the needle.

Another way of making the motif is using two shuttles and the CTM (continuous thread method). Now there is no cutting of the thread and no limit on how long you can make the motif. You don't even have to cut the thread when making several motifs joined together.

Start by winding two shuttles CTM style.

Tat 2 2-2-2-2 rings that are not joined and twist the shuttle threads. This twist will be on the bare thread separating the rings on one row.

Tat one 2+2-2-2 rings with each of the shuttles, joining to the previous made by the same shuttle.

Continue until the motif is as long as you want it.

If you want more motifs connected, replace one 2+2-2-2 ring with a SR 2+2/2-2.

Join as many motifs as you want.

This picture shows how to work using two shuttles and splitrings for moving on to the next motif.

This reconstruction was fun doing! Now to find another page to reconstruct :-)

Coronation cord

- eller mangel på sådan.

En av leksjonene i nuperelleklassen er er med i på internett hadde Coronation Cord, et bånd med variernde tykkelse, som ett av temaene. Hjemmeleksen den gangen var bl.a. å lage mønster etter et bilde. Siden jeg ikke hadde det båndet brukte jeg en bit sløyfe jeg hadde liggende. Jeg endret mønsteret slik at det ble symmetrisk og ikke kuttet av i ene enden som på originalen.

Her er resultatet. Vet ikke helt hva jeg skal bruke det til.

English summary
One of the home works of last year from the online tatting class was to reproduce a pattern that included some Coronation Cord. As I did not have any Coronation Cord, I decided to use a piece of ribbon I had. I also wanted to make it symmetric.

Flere hjemmelekser

Denne gangen: inkapsling.

English summary
More homework. This time: Encapsulation

Hjemmelekser

Jeg har meldt meg på et nuperellekurs på internett som holdes av Gerogia Seitz. Undervisninga foregår via chatting, noe jeg gjorde for første gang i mitt liv sist mandag. Første gang jeg var med, var temaet klassiske hjul av ringer. Hjemmeleksen var å lage et kvadrat etter å ha sett på hvordan en trekant var konstruert. Jeg måtte prøve meg på en femkant også. Hadde tenkt å lage en sekskant, men en venninne spurte om det ikke var mulig å lage hjerter på samme måten, så jeg prøvde det i stedet. Siden kurset er på engelsk, er resten av teksten her på engelsk.

English version
I have just joined the online tatting class run by Georgia Seitz. The theme for the first class I was attending was the classic tatted wheel. After having studied a triangle based on the tatted wheel the homework was making a similar square.

For me the first step was to reproduce the triangle. The triangle we had a look at in class, had two rings between the clovers that make the corners of the triangle. Centre ring: 2 dst 9 times. Small rings: 6+6, join to the centre ring. Side rings: 6+3-2-2-3-6 (two between each clover). Clovers: R: 6+3-2-2-3-6, R: 6+3-2-2-2-2-3-6, R: 6+3-2-2-3-6, leave some thread between the rings in the clover.

Then the square. Four corners calls for four clovers. As there are more rings to go around, I made them slightly smaller. Still using two rings between each clover, I needed 2 dst 12 times in the centre ring. Small rings 6+6, join to the centre ring. Side rings 6+2-1-1-2-6. Clovers: R: 6+2-1-1-2-6, R: 6+2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-6, R: 6+2-1-1-2-6, leave some thread between the rings.

The natural next step would be a pentagon. As I did not want the size to be too large, I reduced the number of rings between the clovers to one. As the number of rings decreased I increased the size to the same as for the triangle. I should not have done so. It needed some persuading to be flat.


I was aiming for a hexagon, but before I got that far, a friend of mine asked if it was possible to make a heart as she found the triangle to be of a "heart-ish" shape. I had to try to make one. The first attempt my friend got the same evening, no photo. The second attempt was less like a hart, the third not much better. The fourth is more like the first attempt, only larger rings at the curves. The fifth (grey) is more like a heart. If I make it again, I'll make the ring at the point a bit larger.

This is how you make the grey heart:

All 6+6 rings are joined to the centre ring
All outer rings are joined to the previous outer ring. The last is also joined to the first outer ring.

Leave a long tail for the splitring
Centre ring: 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2.
SR: 6/6.
R: 6-3-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+6.
R: 6+3-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+6.
Clover
R: 6+3-2-2-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+3-2-2-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+3-2-2-2-2-3-6.

R: 6+6.
R: 6+6-6.
R: 6+6.
Clover
R: 6+3-2-2-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+3-2-2-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+3-2-2-2-2-3-6.

R: 6+6.
R: 6-3-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+6.
R: 6-3-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+6.
Clover
R: 6+3-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+3-2-2-2-2-3-6.
R: 6+3-2-2-3+6.