Friday, November 2, 2012

Geckos

I love the sense of movement in the gecko. The pattern is Jane Eborall's and can be found here. Both are made in  Tat-ilicious threads. The top one is Keylime raspberry parfait, size 20 and the bottom one is Rainbow, size 40.

I have more geckos to make, but this project is number 6 for my 25 motif challenge. The legs are done in block tatting, which was next on my list of techniques to learn. I followed Jane's instructions for easy block tatting, done without changing shuttles. Clever.
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9 comments:

  1. BonnieNovember 2, 2012 at 3:23 AM

    They are both super cute. I enjoyed that pattern also, sadly I didn't know about Jane's easy block tatting instructions, thank you for pointing them out.

    Happy tatting

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  2. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ DianeNovember 2, 2012 at 3:45 AM

    Your geckos are adorable! Jane has some terrific patterns, and Jess has some great threads... wonderful combination!

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  3. ** jess! **November 2, 2012 at 5:54 AM

    How cute!!! I love it!!
    I don't think I've ever seen my HDT in this pattern, but it looks really great!

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  4. FoxNovember 2, 2012 at 6:02 AM

    Those are great! My grand-babies would love them... hmmmm....

    I do really like Iris Nieback's method of block tatting as her edges are quite sharp and the blocks look very precise, but there is a lot of turning involved, though it is very easy. i didn't realize Jane had another way of accomplishing the blocks. Thanks for the link.
    Fox : )

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  5. FoxNovember 2, 2012 at 6:03 AM

    ...make that Iris NiebacH!
    Fox : )

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    1. Jane McLellanNovember 2, 2012 at 8:08 AM

      I know I used a different method a few years ago, but this one is very easy and certainly works for gecko legs.

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  6. LadytatsNovember 2, 2012 at 8:38 AM

    Those are cute!
    if there is time, I should make the grandkids geckos for Christmas, ..... ???

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  7. God's KidNovember 2, 2012 at 2:26 PM

    Those are great!! :)

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