Thursday, August 11, 2016

Look, No Bare Threads!


Bare threads are an integral part of Teiko Fujito's three-shuttle patterns. The centre is worked with shuttles A and B; the outer part with shuttles B and C. When you come back to the centre, there's a gap with shuttle A which is bridged with bare thread. When Maureen commented yesterday that she didn't like the bare threads, I thought about alternatives. They can be eliminated by using encapsulation.

I am well into the last motif in this section, and I'm trying to follow Teiko Fujito's patterns exactly,  so I probably won't use the encapsulation route, but I wanted to try it out. Here's progress on motif 49:


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8 comments:

  1. MaureenAugust 11, 2016 at 1:09 AM

    I love it! - good to know that it can be done. Thanks for taking the time to experiment for me!

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  2. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ DianeAugust 11, 2016 at 3:12 AM

    I'm sure I've read a formula somewhere for changing bare threads in to chains, but that would be for two shuttles. I never thought of encapsulation for the three shuttle patterns. Great idea!

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  3. PhyllisAugust 11, 2016 at 4:22 AM

    I really like the effect you have created with the encapsulation.

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  4. SuztatsAugust 11, 2016 at 5:10 AM

    Looks great!

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  5. MichelleAugust 11, 2016 at 5:42 AM

    Aren't you clever!

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  6. God's KidAugust 11, 2016 at 6:59 AM

    You are making so very beautiful motifs!!! :)

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  7. muskaanAugust 11, 2016 at 6:48 PM

    Love your experiment ! And the latest medallion seems to be yet another pretty, lacy thing :-)

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  8. Madtatter80August 11, 2016 at 8:00 PM

    I love the bear threads look of her patterns and it is fun to try new things. The last picture is my favorite!

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