Thursday, 12 November 2009

Mary Konior's Anniversary Double Braid


This is MK#3. It is the Anniversary Double Braid on page 8 of the 'Tatting with Visual Patterns'. I added a tassel and yes it's a bookmark. I am trying to make tatting gifts suitable for the male species. Would any man appreciate this?

The thread used is a Cotton Pearl 8 from China called GT (Gold Thread). I bought a few colours of these when I visited mom in June 2009. The quality of the thread is not great but I liked the colours they had. Tat with these only if you are sure there will be no unpicking. Look out for more tatting in these threads. I just realised I could not find the colour name or number on the label. The colour is similar to DMC Perle 8 Colour #111, except this GT colour changes with less gradation.

7 comments:

  1. Wow, that's so like my new, gorgeous ChocoMango which is in a quality thread. Must get this made SOOON.

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  2. Yes! I think it's a great guy-colored bookmark! Nice job!

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  3. Yes, I like the colors and would appreciate the bookmark. Have not been tatting much lately - been quilting - sewing together scraps for a log cabin. Robert, in northern Iowa.

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  4. Yes, beautiful colours!
    Fox : )

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  5. Elegant and masculine, though it would be just as nice as a feminine gift.

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  6. Thank you all for your comments. I am glad to hear you think the colours are masculine.

    Chocomango sound delicious though I have never tried that combination, Tatskool.

    Thank you Robert for your opinion too.

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  7. Hi, I started making ChocoMango in May but never got round to making any more other than my trials. One day soon.

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