Tag: samples

Still on Point

It wasn’t intentional, really. I was making a thread sample for a friend to take with her to look for material and ended up with some of the thread left on the shuttle. On a whim, I decided to do another small motif and ended up with points again.

Another 12 point medallion on wandasknottythoughts
Another 12 point medallion

I made the center and thought it was too small so did the next round. It was okay but I still had thread left so I played with different ideas for another round. Several were cut off as I didn’t like them before this one.

If this was blocked with pins instead of just dampened and laid flat the outside round would look more even. As this was just for fun I haven’t done that yet. If ever. I like the look the way it looks just as it is.

I have gone from having no real plans on what to tat next to having several. This is a good thing, as I’ve been a bit in limbo on what I want to work on. One of these days I may take my own advice and make a list of things I want to make so I don’t forget. Then I’d always have an idea for the next project. Right?

“I always say don’t make plans, make options.” Jennifer Aniston

Color research

A tatted snowflake as a color sample found on wanda's knotty thoughts
Color sample made with Lizbeth thread size 10 in #606 Charcoal & #602 Natural
While making edgings for the table runner that were made this fall I discovered – rediscovered? – that my sense of what colors go together needs help.  Setting balls of thread on material gives an idea if they look good together but not necessarily if they work together for a pretty edging.
For a Christmas gift this year I’m planning on another table runner.  Instead of making the edging and then finding out the colors just don’t quite work like expected I thought I should do a little more research and make a sample with the planned colors and then make the decision.
Why did it come out as a snowflake?  It was a good idea at the time??
These colors didn’t quite work as expected with the material – good thing it was only a sample! – so more research was needed.
Tatted color samples of thread on wanda's knotty thoughts
 These were done only in one color so they could be put side-by-side with other colors to see how they would look.  Probably a much more practical way to research the problem and find the colors that work the best, don’t you think?
 
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”
Wernher von Braun
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