Tatting with Yarn Continued.
I suppose it was silly of me to expect to finish the scarf by the time we made it up to Seattle. Â I did get both of the white rows finished and (just barely) started the first of the purple rows. Â Figuring out how much yarn to expect to use was a bit of a pain in the butt. Â As was working with overwound Tatsy shuttles (I didn’t want to have to do much adding of thread and hiding of ends so I started with it over wound). Â I’m going to follow the pattern as shown in the Priscilla book, even though it has a asymmetrical aspect that bothers me. Â This asymmetrical bit should make it possible to finish the pattern with the yarn I bought without needing to find more. Â It would be annoying to have to buy more since I bought it on clearance in Los Angeles and don’t want to spend more on this experiment. Â I was surprised by the “fraying” of the picots, but I suppose that’s what happens when I choose to tat with a yarn without a strong twist. Â It’s an interesting effect and should work out though. Â It will serve as a nice contrast to the general tightness of the tatting. Â (btw, the yarn is Debbie Bliss – Eco Fair Trade Collection.)
I want to give a big thank you out to those who test tatted my choker pattern for me! Â Now that I’m up in Seattle and settling in I’m finally going back and making the corrections. Â Handouts for the Shuttlebirds conference are due at the end of the week if I want them to make copies for me so I’m finishing up my last two now. Â If I don’t finish by the end of the week it’s no big deal, I’ll just run the copies myself, but I like to have an early deadline and it would be nice to have them all finished.
Does anyone have experience using Illustrator to do diagrams? Â I’m having trouble getting nice even (and symmetrical) chains. Â What tool do you use to do it and do you have any advice? Â I’m seriously considering taking Illustrator and In Design classes as soon as I get more settled in.