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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Ankars Tatting


Ankars Tatting

At the Online Tatting Class we're learning about Ankars tatting, used in making jewelery. Rings tatted and joined to rings and through previous rings makes for an interesting (and challenging) design. Due to my intermittent internet situation, I missed the first class, but I'd printed out the instructions during one of those times of access. 
The first attempt was in a lavender HDT size 50 and a DMC silver thread. I had a big error on the second half of the pattern, as everything was backwards! Acckk! The beads, added after the base is tatted, help to cover up my mistake, thank goodness.



















So I had to make another attempt to get the pattern done correctly.
 I used a mint green thread, size 30, with a Coats gold metallic thread, and I was pleased with the result. The beads are hematite rounds.
Although this was tatted with a larger thread, the brooch design is smaller than the purple one, so I do need to lighten up when I'm tightening those rings!
And that's all I accomplished last week, given the three days I spent online with technical help trying to resolve our internet difficulties, and hours spent shoveling snow that's fallen in the last 4 days!
We now have internet, but no satellite phone. sigh.
Well, I hope you had a wonderful couple of weeks.
Thanks for visiting. 
Hugs from Suz
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31 comments:

  1. MichelleMarch 3, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    WAHOO! I've been admiring this online on several Polish/Hungarian/Czech blogs and never knew what it was. Thank you- I want to try it- it's really lovely, hard to believe these are your first efforts!

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  2. WendyMarch 3, 2013 at 6:16 PM

    Oh my, how beautiful these are! Just lovely.

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  3. shirleyMarch 3, 2013 at 6:54 PM

    Great to have you and your beautiful tatting back on line Sue. I love those brooches. No one would know you had a problem with the lavender one it is gorgeous, and the mint green design is wonderful.

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  4. SuztatsMarch 3, 2013 at 7:01 PM

    Thanks Michelle! There are some videos on Youtube showing Ankars tatting
    you might like to watch. The most difficult part I found was attaching the rings to picots inside other rings. I think I might like to make some more of these.
    Hugs

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  5. SuztatsMarch 3, 2013 at 7:39 PM

    Thanks Wendy. I’m pleased that they turned out the way they did. There are lots of ways to use these: brooches, hair sliders, pendants or even earrings.
    Hugs

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  6. SuztatsMarch 3, 2013 at 7:44 PM

    Aw, thanks Shirley! They turned out well, even with my mistake, and I think I’ll be doing up some more, too.
    Hugs

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  7. CreateologyMarch 3, 2013 at 8:39 PM

    Suz these are lovely. I might think they would also be wonderful on a scarf shawl as a fancy closure. I checked youtube to see how but my computer will not show any videos due to some glitch I am having! DRAT!! Did you needle tat as opposed to shuttle tat? They look wonderful. Creative Hearts are Happy Hearts...

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  8. SuztatsMarch 3, 2013 at 9:07 PM

    You’re right: I think they’d be great on a scarf, as long as the beads aren’t too heavy. I always needle tat. I don’t know how to shuttle tat, though I have a couple shuttles, and I thought maybe one of these days......lol....in my spare time....lol.......
    Here are the links to the vids. Maybe you can bookmark them for another time.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0wm7inV4no
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwUPLYcEAak
    Enjoy.
    Hugs

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  9. margaretMarch 4, 2013 at 1:29 AM

    the tatting works so well with the beads, they are lovely, I am sure we are going to see lots more from you. Good the internet is sorted now just the phone to get right!!

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  10. God's KidMarch 4, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    Very nice!! :)

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  11. DortheMarch 4, 2013 at 1:56 PM

    Dear Suz, your brooches are both wonderful,- it must be difficult tatting with the metallic threads.
    I hope the snow will soon be gone, and also very much that your internet will be all back now...I know how annoying it is when it is gone!!!
    xo, from Dorthe

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  12. SuztatsMarch 4, 2013 at 4:51 PM

    Thanks Margaret. We lost the internet again, but I hope we’re now good to go. Testing out a new phone service. Cross your fingers, okay? Happy stitching.
    Hugs

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  13. SuztatsMarch 4, 2013 at 4:54 PM

    Thank you, GK!
    Hugs

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  14. SuztatsMarch 4, 2013 at 4:57 PM

    Hi Dorthe. It can be a little more fiddly tatting with the metallic threads. Some are much easier to work with than others, but it is a bit slower. I think (cross your fingers!) that the internet is now up and running. Hopefully our woes are over.
    Hugs

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  15. suziqu's thread worksMarch 5, 2013 at 5:55 AM

    I think these little tattered broches turned out so very well Suz!
    I'm sorry to hear about all your internet hassels. I do not know a single person who has not had internet problems! Like cars they are great when they are working.
    Oh your poor back - you wonder just how many years your body can take shovelling snow like that!
    Thanks for the lovely Birthday wishes Suz,
    Hope you have a more fruitful week!
    Hugs from Autumnal days here,
    Suzy

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  16. AnnetMarch 5, 2013 at 2:46 PM

    This is gorgeous, Suz.

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  17. SuztatsMarch 5, 2013 at 5:16 PM

    Thank you Annet. It was fun and challenging.
    Hugs

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  18. MarjoleinMarch 6, 2013 at 11:09 AM

    Looks complicated!

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  19. SuztatsMarch 6, 2013 at 6:21 PM

    Actually it’s not complicated--it’s just rings on top of rings and some rings attached through other rings. I have to pay attention while I’m tatting this, so I don’t miss a join, but otherwise it’s easy. No Rwing for chains, either. Check out the vid links in the comments, if you like.
    Hugs

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  20. AnitaMarch 6, 2013 at 9:39 PM

    Gorgeous brooch ! tatting and beads go well together.
    I tried to read this post and comment yesterday but blogger didn't allow me :( .

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  21. IsabelleMarch 7, 2013 at 4:01 AM

    what a nice work. i just discovered this needlework on jenny's blog.

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  22. SuztatsMarch 7, 2013 at 7:28 AM

    Thanks Anita, it was fun, too.
    Hugs

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  23. SuztatsMarch 7, 2013 at 7:37 AM

    Isabelle, this pattern creates a nice shape for a brooch, and it was a bit challenging (I had to pay attention-no t.v. watching while tatting this one the first time) but I like the result.
    Hugs

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  24. JennyPennyPoppyMarch 7, 2013 at 12:29 PM

    These tatted brooches look great Suz! Now that I've mastered doing split rings it's time to try something else. Hope you're internet and phone are now working the way they should.

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  25. SuztatsMarch 7, 2013 at 2:46 PM

    Thanks Jeanette. We just installed a magic jack for our phone. It seems to be working fairly well, and now the internet has been working for several days without any hitches! WooHoo!!
    Have fun with the tatting. Have you checked out the free patterns on the Online Tatting Class? Tons to learn there.
    Hugs

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  26. Robin MacMarch 8, 2013 at 1:41 AM

    I hope your internet is still working well for you Suz, there is nothing worse than no connections, hopefully you will have a phone by now too. The tatting is lovely, nobody would know this is your first attempt at those brooches. We say pictures her in Oz of people shovelling snow and I thought of your poor back! Cheers.

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  27. SuztatsMarch 8, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    Thank you Robin! Yes, we finally have a working phone system, and the internet hasn’t gone off for days! Yes! Fingers crossed. We hope we’ve now had all the snow we’re going to get for this winter. One never knows in Ontario, though- it’s been known to snow in every month except July, though thankfully, not in the same year...lol...
    Hugs

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  28. Stitching LadyMarch 8, 2013 at 9:52 AM

    Wow, that is really wonderful what I can see on your post. It is a completely new aspect for tatting. It is astonishing what you can do with it.
    Thank you for visiting my blog - yes doing
    is the most important whereever. I am very much trained in taking all with me - and it can occur that I am creating quite different things of the material which I took with me - than I thought while packing the bag..

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  29. SuztatsMarch 8, 2013 at 11:01 AM

    Ankars tatting is quite new to me, but I can see it being used to create beautiful, complex jewelery patterns. I’ve seen a few pics of it from Russian or European tatters, and their work is so beautiful.
    It’s good to pack lots of different things so our muse has lots of options for playing, I think. Happy stitching!
    Hugs

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  30. Magpie's MumblingsMarch 12, 2013 at 12:26 PM

    These are amazing - they look so very complicated!

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  31. SuztatsMarch 12, 2013 at 7:50 PM

    They do look complicated, but they’re very simple--just rings that are joined in layers, and to one another. It’s something a little different, but I like how the tatting design seems to flow. I shall be doing some more of these, I’m sure.
    Hugs

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