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Tattin' Kat
01-11-2010, 01:24 AM
I'm a needle tatter and am interested in tatting around some of the glass ball ornaments. does anyone have any suggestions for patterns. I would like to do several so I really need to get started :)
HippieKender
01-11-2010, 01:36 AM
Here is one that I made the other day. Fairly quick to work up, and they look great!
http://www.intatters.com/knots/2009/11/christmas-ball-sun/
Antiquarian
01-11-2010, 02:10 AM
I honestly can't find any that I like so I'm designing my own.
Liyarra
01-11-2010, 09:40 AM
Contact Ginny Weathers - GinnyW on here - she recently published a whole book of them and they are AMAZING!
ginnyw
01-11-2010, 10:36 PM
What kind of glass ornament are you looking to make? I have a book out of 12 ornaments and I have another one started. But there are a some free patterns on line that I started doing that are great to make.
Liyarra
02-11-2010, 12:26 AM
Thanks Ginny!!
ginnyw
02-11-2010, 11:08 AM
Here are my two favorite free patterns
http://www.ds9designs.com/patterns_free/BeadedOrnamentNo1.pdf This is one of Debbie Arnolds free ones, Here is her free page
http://www.ds9designs.com/patterns_free.shtml
http://www.be-stitched.com/pattern0612grnorn.asp This is one from Be-Stiched and she has alot of free patterns to offer
Kukawka
03-11-2010, 06:49 PM
OMG guys ...hi ! I'm from Poland living in Belgium and looking for some learning support ... you are amazing with it.
I can not find anything over here like DVD's with instructions ...so I was trying to order via be-stitched but it don't work out.
I love this Christmas ornament balls .... but my english is to week for find out how to do it. I hope that some day I wil learn it ...I keep on trying :) this is my first work
Greetings
Kasia 7922
ginnyw
03-11-2010, 10:38 PM
You can do them easy the one pattern from bestiched is easy to do. Can you follow a diagram i can ask her if i can so a diagram for you. I just looked she has a diagram on the bottom of the page
crazytatter
03-11-2010, 11:35 PM
Kukawka, did you ever try google translate? you can translate any website into your own language.
Also there is Jan Stawatz his videos on his website I think you may understand since I couldn't. http://www.frywolitka.slupsk.pl/index_en.php
If you can do charts with numbers, we can help you over the difficult parts. Just ask, and tell us which pattern you're working from.
Tattin' Kat
04-11-2010, 03:43 PM
Thanks for the pattern help. I have 12 glass balls of size 2 5/8 inch that I'm hoping to cover in time for Christmas. When I finish my current project which is a wedding gift I'll see what I can do.
Susan B T
04-11-2010, 05:33 PM
I have used some of my edging patterns to go around balls.
This is quick and easy. I do two repeats of the pattern, measure and see how many I need to go around ball that I have. This has worked well for me. I have not had to change thread size or stretch to fit. Guess I have been lucky.
There are two pictures in my album. The same pattern was used on both. Just different thread colors and attachment points are different.
Kukawka
04-11-2010, 06:22 PM
Kukawka, did you ever try google translate? you can translate any website into your own language.
Also there is Jan Stawatz his videos on his website I think you may understand since I couldn't. http://www.frywolitka.slupsk.pl/index_en.php
Yes I do use google translate , the problem is that it translate not always like shoule be...but I'm trying everything ... the best would be to know someone who can show you something when you doubt. Thx for this link ... I saw it before ...this is shuttle tatting. Today i was trying to do this Christmas ornament ...and this is wat I did till now 7933
Kukawka
04-11-2010, 06:37 PM
You can do them easy the one pattern from bestiched is easy to do. Can you follow a diagram i can ask her if i can so a diagram for you. I just looked she has a diagram on the bottom of the page
Yes I saw it Thank You. ... is anywhere diagrams explanation by pictures ? I don't really know how to follow it
Thanks for the photo. Good work. It looks lovely and delicate. All patterns can be done with a needle. We sometimes need to adjust the directions a bit. Your photo looks good and will work. Sometimes it is hard to get the number of rings and chains exactly right. It is better if its too small than too big.
Are you going to use glue, or are you going to tie it on the ball. If you do not want to use glue, let us know and we can help plan how to add a ring or two at the top or bottom to tie it to.
Kukawka
05-11-2010, 12:58 PM
Thanks for the photo. Good work. It looks lovely and delicate. All patterns can be done with a needle. We sometimes need to adjust the directions a bit. Your photo looks good and will work. Sometimes it is hard to get the number of rings and chains exactly right. It is better if its too small than too big.
Are you going to use glue, or are you going to tie it on the ball. If you do not want to use glue, let us know and we can help plan how to add a ring or two at the top or bottom to tie it to.
Thank You
I'm using this pattern --> http://www.be-stitched.com/pattern0612grnorn.asp
but I do more simply looking on photo ...coz I have not much idea about reading patterns .... I'm just beginner
Thank You all for support.
That was a good choice! No glue, but no tying either. You will need some heavy beads and/or droplets to hold it down. There are lots of YouTube and other helps for adding beads. I'm not that good at beads. Others can offer more help on beads. So far I only know how to add them in picots.
Kukawka
29-12-2010, 05:47 PM
My first Christmas decorations
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carolivy
29-12-2010, 07:56 PM
Love your furry(feathery) ones! I bet they look great on a tree!
Those are wonderful... I too love the fuzzy ones. Great idea!
Susan B T
30-12-2010, 05:35 PM
Love the feathery ones.. a neat idea.
crazytatter
31-12-2010, 01:20 AM
the feather ones are really cute.
patrice
31-12-2010, 10:23 PM
I have found that any cool doily pattern can make an awesome ornament.I needle tat-so I tat doily patterns with size 80-100 threads.Yeh,there is more tatting than usual-but it is so worth it.My problem is finding pins that don't rust-I don't believe any of them-they all rust.I don't keep my lace on the balls-because-they all seem to rust-(Any advise?)
dharts04
03-01-2011, 02:11 AM
VERY pretty!
KJF16
15-01-2011, 02:35 AM
So pretty. I hope sometime to be able to do some of those. Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
My problem is finding pins that don't rust-I don't believe any of them-they all rust.I don't keep my lace on the balls-because-they all seem to rust-(Any advise?)
I'm confused. I thought these were ornaments on glass. Where do the pins come in? Blocking? Fastening them on something else? I haven't had any problem with my brass pins, but before I got them I searched out plastic substitutes. With a large mat, you could put pins well away from the doily in a circle and then thread some waste thread through the picot and then out to a pin and then back to another picot... sort of zigzag order. Or doesn't this answer the question? Could it be that the storage is too humid?