I hereby present to you the very first beaded tatting I have done!
Here they are with one still on the shuttle. I was looking for big and bright and paisley-shaped, and while I didn't find a full on paisley design, Mary Konior's Curds and Whey turned out even better. I really love the shape two repeats of this design makes. I picked out which picots I wanted pink beads on, strung all the beads onto my shuttle, and started tatting and it was as easy as pie. A very satisfying introduction to beads. To space the earrings a bit more away from the ear, I tatted a spiral chain with just one half stitch repeated over and over till I got the length I wanted. Actually, to get the smooth finish at the top where it attached to the earring finding, I tatted the chain backwards, kind of like a split chain works. These were so fun to make. Here they are all finished. They have been mailed and received, and Heather proclaims them "exquisite." I was going to say my bead story has a happy ending, but actually I think it has a happy beginning!
7 comments:
The earrings are beautiful! At first, I thought it was the pattern from free-tatting.com but when you said "Konior", I looked closer and it is the edging which is a little different. Bet you got big appreciation from the giftee!
They're lovely!!! :-D And I love the color of them too! Thumbs up with the bead choice as well! ;-)
Also, just in case you still wanted to try a paisley design, I figured I'd mention that there's a pattern over at http://vinniestattings.blogspot.com/ with just such a design. ;-)
-Stephanie Grace
I love those!!!
I concur wholeheartedly with Heather. The earrings are exquisite! Great job jumping in with both feet.
you did an excellent job! and grats on jumping into your first beaded project and getting such a wonderful end product your friend will treasure for years to come!
good job :X Bree
The earrings are really lovely, hope they have inspired you to carry on tatting with beads!
Your earrings turned out beautifully!
I love to add beads to my tatting, too!
Thanks for posting a comment on my blog, cuz now I've found yours!
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