Just when you thought you'd been spared from MORE snowflakes here they are again!!!
Now interestingly the top two or three are using a thread I was given by Edda Guastalla. The thread actually has a glittery element in it which is well twisted with the main thread which could be polyester or cotton.
I must admit I wound it onto the shuttles in great trepidation as I was sure it wouldn't be easy to use. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It was really really easy to tat with and gives a lovely sparkly effect too. In fact when I offered this selection of snowflakes to friends to choose from the red ones went very quickly.
Lovely snowflakes! It looks like it will be a warm and dreary Christmas here. That's okay... the weather might inspire me to tat my own flurry of flakes.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the thread? - I never seem to have success with metallic threads , they either stretch or snap. Love the look of yours! - ( but the yellow flakes are lovely too)
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I don't know, Maureen. Edda sent it as a gift with an order I placed with her.
DeleteYou've done it again, Jane! I had been 'resisting' those tiny snowflakes and after seeing the most recent 'flurry' today, I HAD to print the pattern and try one. Now I am addicted! So far just plain old cotton thread, but I've been entertaining thoughts of getting out the thin metallic stuff and adding a strand of it to the next shuttle full of cotton.
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Just goes to show, we need to try threads rather than making assumptions! And these little snowflakes are perfect for trying out a new thread.
ReplyDeletePretty snowflakes!! :)
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