The colours are closer in real life than they appear on my computer screen. The butterfly is Mary's Butterfly. I have seen it on
Mary's blog,, but used the link from
Marja's blogpost to find the pattern
here. I didn't download the pattern properly, because I didn't want to sign up for yet another app or program, Scribd, but I could follow the pattern anyway.
I made a spiral chain this time instead of Victorian sets. I should've reread my
own post about Sherry Pence's tips for tatting spiral chains, but no, I didn't, so I did flip the stitches. Oddly, I found that it wasn't the working shuttle I had to let drop to rewind, it was the one forming the stitches. Perhaps that's why direct stitches work better.
I've wanted to tat this for quite some time now. I like what you are doing!!! And nice tips :-)))
ReplyDeleteThat was my favorite butterfly for a long time. Looks great!! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tatted butterfly. I have yet to attempt the butterfly pattern - yours is so pretty. (thx for sharing all the links) Agree with you: Spirals can be a challenge ; )
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