After encapsulating the owl bead, I've been exploring the technique a bit more. A useful resource was
this page on BellaOnline, which has links to different pages on the subject. There are patterns to try, but I just did my own thing. It can be quite fiddly to keep branching bits out of the way, but encapsulation has a lot of potential.
I like all of these, and how you branched out on your own. I had a time when my young adult children were at home and we had watched skate boarding and skiing and they use the term free style when they made up a things as the went. One day I said this is called free style tatting and everyone ran over to look. I have some bookmarks I put on YouTube long ago one is grapes on a vine, and I did the clusters of purple grapes first, making a cluster then and inch or so making another then went around them with green covering up the purple strings with green leaves with no set pattern I like that unpredictable look it's natural.
ReplyDeleteFree style tatting - good name, interesting technique!
DeleteIt's very interesting to see the way the tatting branches out. Are you planning on working around more beads? Have you tried using different sizes of thread? I'm just wondering if the size of the thread makes a difference in the process.
ReplyDeleteI did try using a size 20 thread for the 'outer' and size 40 for the ones mostly inside. Haven't got to beads yet, but you're right, there's plenty to try out!
DeletePersonally I was never interested in encapsulation until I offered to test tat Sherry Pence's 'Branching Encapsulation' book. It's a wonderful resource which 'gentled' me into this technique which I now admit to really liking. Love your doodles.
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