floating ring help!

[lalou]

i'm trying my skills at floating rings, i have directions and pictures but still do not understand. i even went to a few web sites to check this out , i do not understand the (make the ring without going up through the loop) can someone explain a little better for me please?:doh:

[PattyD]

First: use 2 shuttles. Shuttle 1 forms the normal rings. Use the thread from shuttle 2 to make chains and to make the floating rings.

Shuttle 1 makes a ring, shuttle 2 forms the stitches on the chain and also makes the floating ring. A floating ring floats off of a chain. After completing the floating ring, shuttle 2 again provides the thread to form the stitches on the chain.

O < ring with shuttle 1
------------------------------ core thread of the chain - shuttle 1
uuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuu chain ds formed from the thread on shuttle 2
.....................O.................. floating ring formed by shuttle 2

[lalou]

thanks patty

but could you explain it to a person that needle tats?

[PattyD]

Please excuse me, I have only just started needle tatting and didn't pay attention to the forum I was in. I don't know how to explain it in needle tatting.

[lalou]

still trying my hand at this floating ring. i just purchased the book Tatting 60 Original Lace Treasures by Christel Weidmann, lovely patterns in this book but the majority of the patterns have floating rings!!!!!!!!!!!!

[carolivy]

This is a new one on me. I have never run across this one before, so am completely lost.

[madhur]

A perfect demo to understand how to tat floating rings.

YouTube - Floating or Thrown Rings in Tatting

[carolivy]

Very cool demo! I'm sorry to say I'm still lost as I'm a Needle Tatter. Is there a "comprable" way to do this with Needle Tatting and WHY would you need to have the chain coming out of the side of a ring instead of the bottom of it?....confused still...sorry

[AnneB]

Try this one (http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes2/float/throw2.html)- it's for needle tatting. Trhown off rings and floating rings are the same.:biggrin:

[carolivy]

Thank you! Now that I see it done with a Needle, it makes perfect sense! Looks kind of interesting too...now to find a pattern that calls for that!

[lalou]

thank you so much for the help with floating rings! the book i purchased is full of beautiful patterns with floating rings.

[sackerland]

Thank you for the needle tatting instructions!