Woven Bookmark with Easy Tatted Lace Edges
March 29, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under tatting, tutorial, weaving and handweaving and looms
A member of the Ravelry group: Tatta tat tatters had a lovely idea for a shower gift for her friend.
She decided to make her a hankie with simple tatted edging, and asked for input.
I thought…. ooooooooh how neat…. I have a collection of vintage lace trimmed hankies that I love,
so it seems to me to be the perfect timeless and heartfelt gift.
I looked on the net to see if I could find some entry level tatted edgings,
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but didn’t find any.
But, I did find 2 sources for linen hankies to add the lovely lace to:
and
I looked at a heap of sites, and decided that it was easier to just do a quick tute here,
since the request had been for an entry level edging,
and all I saw were somewhat more advanced ones.
I also decided, that since I didn’t have any blank hankies, that I would
make a bookmark instead.
I decided that I’d show 3 different quick and easy edgings.
I wove 3 little squares with crochet cotton
and my little old Weave It
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2 inch square loom.
And stitched them together.
For the first short edge, which is the edge at the bottom of the bookmark,
I decided to use a version of the same simple pattern that Itopped my socks with:
Starting at the lower short edge of the bookmark:
Tie the shuttle and ball of thread to a corner stitch,
ch 7 ds;
make a ring of: 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p,3 ds, p,3 ds, p,3 ds, close.
Turn, ch 7 ds. Join to next stitch on bookmark or hanky.
Repeat the green colored pattern along the first short edge.
Working along the long edge: Still working with shuttle and ball:
Ch 3 ds, p, 3ds, join to next space or stitch on bookmark or hanky.
Repeat purple instructions along the long edge.
Second short edge: This is the top of the bookmark: Rings worked with shuttle only:
(I took the ball thread across the end, joining it to each loop of the bookmark,
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but it could have been cut and rejoined for the second long side)
First Ring: 5 ds, p, 5 ds, p, 5 ds, p,5 ds, close. Leave a space of about 1/8 inch,
join to next space.
Second and remaining rings: 5 ds, join to last p of previous ring, 5 ds, p, 5 ds, p,5 ds, close.
Leave a space of about 1/8 inch, join to next space.
Repeat orange instructions across second short edge.
Repeat purple instructions along the second long edge.
Weave in any loose ends and trim.
I stitched bits of sample tatting and a tatted butterfly onto the bookmark to finish it.
I used a ball of really old mercerized tatting cotton size 100 for the edging.
I bought it in a second hand store in my youth, long ago and far away….
It is such a pleasure to use old tools and threads, and to give them new life.
Who knows? Maybe someday, someone will open a book and this little bookmark will fall out……
This is so neat! I don’t come across tatting all that much, such a delicate art.
Thanks so much, Jen! I love tatting and am delighted to share that love!
This is very interesting. On March 22 I had added in my “ideas for future exploration” notebook a note to try “tatting on the loom.” The idea was to weave a short length for the hem, tat across, connecting to the warp in appropriate spots, then continuing it up each side, and finally across the other end before the hem of the project, possibly a scarf. Great minds think alike! But you’ve actually done it and mine is still imaginary! Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
That looks so amazing. You have an bottomless pit of imagination.
What a neat idea.
Thank you so much,Pirk!
)It was really fun to make….
Hi K. Thompson
Isn’t it funny how you’ll be working away in your corner of the world, and someone a zillion miles away pops up with the same or similar concept!
That happened to me yesterday…. I had been sketching away at an idea, and checked a link to someone else’s blog because of something a reader said, and lo and behold! There was ‘my’ idea already fait accompli! That one went to the bottom of the list! LOL
When I was designing and weaving the bags for my upcoming book: The Woven Bag (which is not going to be released until 2010, sigh), my daughter in law came home from seeing a movie and said: Mum! one of your bags is in the movie!
She thought it was cool… I went ……… arghhhhhhhhhhhhh….
ah well….
LOL! Luckily, another great idea is just always ready to pop into our heads!
BTW, you can also use potholder looms for making Cluny knots. I did a video about that on YouTube.
Pretty! An innovative combination of two crafts. :>
Thanks, Syne! It’s fun and super portable project.
)
This is wonderful! – I’ve only just seen it. I’d like to ask how you stitched the squares together?
Hi Maureen
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Thank you so much
I always use the baseball stitch to join motifs:
http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/video-tutorial-baseball-stitch-how-to/
Thank you Noreen – I think I can follow that! The amazing thing is, that many years ago I bought one of these little looms – a pink one – because I had absolutely no idea what it was or how to use it! I fell into tatting in the same way, when I bought my first shuttle.
I forgot all about this little pink loom until a couple of months ago when we were packing to move into a new house. I KnOW I put it safely in a box….somewhere…..sigh.
Hi Maureen
Oh, you are going to love love love your tiny weave it loom- it’s worth rummaging around and finding it! absolutely love my tiny weave-it’s!
Hope you are settling happily into your new home!