Upcycled Tatted Thread Bracelet – 4
March 8, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Techniques & Stitches, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, jewelry, tatting, tutorial
In Part 3, the tatting finally began!
This is a rather unique approach to tatting…. there are no lacy bits, no loops, picots, chains, just plain Josephine Knots over a simple flat wooden bracelet with upcycled funky thread.
(Feel free to do this with gorgeous thread! It will be – well….. gorgeous!)
Now…..
What if you want to change colors?
Easy peasy….
1 choice is to cut the first color, leaving a few inches to spare.
Just pick up the next color, and hold the thread end from it together with the last thread end, and carry on as if you were in your right mind.
When you make the first pass with the second color, make an ‘e’ with the thread to encourage the thread to tighten up.
Squish the threads really close together.
Sometimes, let the threads at the inside of the bracelet lay on top of the previous one to make them fan out a little and get maximum coverage.
Continue to add more colors, working with just one tatting shuttle at a time
OR
With all your shuttles all at once. Don’t cut the threads, just carry them along the outside edge, and tat over the non – working threads.
As you decide that you’ve done with one color, snip it and work over the ends to hide them. When the bracelet is done, snip the last colors, thread the ends into a sewing needle and take the ends inside all the wraps.
Voila! an upcycled thread tatted bracelet!
Ahem. I know I shouldn’t…. but I just couldn’t resist:
Always, Mum, you take the silly pictures of me…..
this will cost you in tuna.
(image source: photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay. Copyright, not to be used without permission)
