A floating we will go…
I’ve done it!!!
Finally, Ais has learnt to make rings float. No, I didn’t put it on a paper boat and let it float in my sink!
First the speech:
‘It was hard. Oh yes, it was hard. but… the preserverence paid off. My dear friends, I can now make floating rings but myself, I am floating too… on cloud nine. It was all thanks to a lot of encouragements from all you tatters. I would specially like to thank my friends Melissa, TattingChic and dear, dear Verito for my accomplishments. If TattingChic had not described how to work with two shuttles, I wouldn’t have experimented at all. If it wasn’t for Melissa’s video, it would never have struck me that there was no flip in my tatting. And if it wasn’t for Verito’s tutoring, I would have never remembered that Tatting is easier than calculus and even easier than teaching Biphysics! Thank you from the depth of the heart.’
Ok, now the story. I had asked Verito to look at my tatting and as she herself is a newbie and self taught tatter and also a student in a scientific field, she really made it so much easier for me to understand. See, the problem with we scientific students is that we mostly understand through rough diagrams and mathematical symbols. Verito sent me this diagram.
And in the explanation she had said, “Notice the orientation of the stitches, they are all in the π position over the two chains, on the two chains which are on each side of the ring.‘ That was what made sense to me. You see, since I wasn’t flipping the shuttle my stitches weren’t π shaped. and I hadn’t really thought that the second shuttle was making the stitches. In the tatting that I was doing, shuttle 1 was making the stitches on shuttle 2 and for the rings, shuttle two was making stitches on shuttle 1 as core thread. After reading what Verito had to say and seeing what her diagram explained, it all just came into place. When the baby napped for 15 minutes, I tried again and this was the result.
I did it! Anyway, since the flower in the middle was still in the wrong form of tatting, I decided to start again. I tried it the way Verito had done. The 1st and 2nd round together. It didn’t come out all that good and I had run out of thread. Have a look at the picture below.
So, I started again. This what I have done and now… I am satisfied. I am on round two now and happy. 🙂
Once again… I DID IT!! Now… I hope I get the second round done!!
WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!! A FLOATING WE WILL GO!!! Awesome…I'm glad that Verito was able to draw a diagram that helped it click into place. It's wonderful. Way to be persistenct. I'm really proud of you, Ais.
Sometimes all it takes is for that one little comment (or illustration) and the little lightbulb appears over our heads. Glad to hear that you found the source of your trouble and you've mastered. Well done.
Hello, Ais. Oh, your posts are so funny. Well, all I did was to pass knowledge that had been passed to me, with a very precarious drawing. You posted it? People are gonna see that! What a shame for me!! LOL Well, I guess Melissa has her super-professional videos, TattingChic has her huge knowledge, concepts and experience…, and me, I had to had something, like my childish drawings (which Dane
Come on Verito… I LOVE tha diagram… it is the best one I have seen. Naah Danny won't do better… he'll just chew on the pencil and bang on the keyboard!!
TattingChic: A floating we will go.. IT's your encouragement tahtis getting there!:)<br><br>Sewickjed: Yeah I know shuttles are never enough.
Yea! Isn't it exciting to learn something new! Congratulations on your floating rings!