Well, three actually, but one isn’t done yet.
My sister was telling a friend of hers some of the things I’ve tatted, including a horse, a lion, dragons, that sort of thing, and the friend asked if I could make a pink pig.
Sure, no problem. How big? Three inches? Well…
Flying Pig © Jane Eborall
So I went hunting for pig patterns. You know, I found there aren’t that many pig patterns out there. But Jane E. has lots of animal patterns so the first stop was there and it’s where I returned later.
The first little piggy was made in Lizbeth #617, Magenta Med is size 20. As you can see, it’s not very big. My sister thought it was a cute baby pig.
I decided I would try one in size 10 thread to show her the difference, but I don’t have any pink in size 10. I do, however, have a purple in Cébélia size 10. This little piggy was a little bit bigger than the other (of course) but still not three inches. I sent my sister a picture of both so her friend could see what I had.
The friend said she’d like both. And another small pink pig facing the other way. And a flower.
I don’t know how big a flower, or if it should have a stem or leaves or anything, but I’ll work on it. And the third pig.
You might have noticed the pattern name is “Flying Pig” but it doesn’t have wings. I was going to make wings but the lady doesn’t want flying pigs, just pigs.
If you’ve made Jane’s pig before you might also notice that the center is not per the pattern. I tried multiple times to do the onion rings and every time I got all four done but couldn’t close that last one without breaking the thread. Yes, I know, she has a pig pattern without the onion rings, but this is what I had printed out so it’s what I had to work with. So I made three rings then changed to the chains. I was going to do the final pig a little differently – either do a better job on the onion rings or do the no onion ring version – but the lady likes them the way they are, so I’ll do the third little piggy just like the first.
And now I have the nursery rhyme stuck in my head.
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had some roast beef
This little piggy had none
And this little piggy went “whee, whee, whee” all the way home.