I was a bit dubious when I first read about
Usha's invention, dot picots, because it involves frequently having to swap shuttles. But in practice it's easy enough to swap shuttles and it's very effective. A dot picot is a 'ring' with just one double stitch, made with the second shuttle. It creates an interesting textured look. I like
muskaan's working of Usha's pattern, where the beads echo the dot picots.
I* think this idea would be very effective in two colours - I wonder how that would work?
ReplyDeleteYou could have the rings and chains in different colours. Have to do a lot of SLT to get chain and dots in different colours, but it could be possible. Hmmm.
DeleteOr use 3 shuttles?
DeleteVery nicely done!!!!! perfect dot picots Jane👍
DeleteI love it! Texture is one of the things I love about knitting so having this option is great!
ReplyDeleteNicely done :-))) Besides texture (which I love), to me the advantage of using these in place of beads is truly great
ReplyDeleteI tried making dot picots a few weeks ago, and they were a lot easier than anticipated. It will be interesting to see their use in future tatting designs.
ReplyDeleteYour motif looks great!! :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the dot picots!
ReplyDeleteWow it is great, love this dot thing I'll have to check it out!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting tatting. <3
ReplyDeletePerfect little dot picots. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks perfect, well done, it's something I am going to try
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