Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Criss Cross Bookmark


This was really enjoyable to tat. Blocking is needed to get the bookmark in a nice shape. And care must be taken to make sure the very long picots are not twisted before joining. As you can see one of mine is twisted. I used Lizbeth 40 #138 Leafy Greens. This measures about 6 inches in length. I wound about 7m of thread on the shuttle. I am going to try this again in a larger sized thread and see how that looks. The criss cross bookmark pattern is from Martha Ess on page 18 of her 'Playing With Picots' book.

9 comments:

  1. Looks perfect to me! Maybe you have to be a tatter to see that twist.

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  2. Oooh, I was looking at this one last night but couldn't bring myself to tackle it yet. Soon, hopefully!

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  3. Gorgeous bookmark, I am going to buy this book when I get back off holiday, its going to be a christmas present.
    Margaret

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  4. Beautiful.

    The Leafy Greens #40 is my favourite Lizbeth thread.

    This is on my to-do list.
    Fox : )

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  5. That's a very attractive bookmark!

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  6. Great bookmark and colors! You did an awesome job! :)

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  7. Very Nice. I don't see the twisted picot. It just looks great to me.

    Mine didn't turn out right, I'm not sure if it was the quality of the thread, or if I did something wrong.

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