6 September 2017

Three into one WILL go!


Now this Rachel is a 'three HWT'. 

That means in 'Jane' that I've used three fine threads wound onto the shuttle at once and am working from three spools at once for the chains.  

Well that's not strictly true as I tend to (in this situation) wind the three threads  for the chains onto an Ez-bob.  This saves that stupid situation when (if tatting from 3 spools) you have to heave the aged body out of the chair to go chasing them round the room when they escape.  This is something all spools seem to be programmed to do by some 'artificial intelligence' and with monotonous regularity.

You see it's not only the love of the pattern that keeps me doing this design over and over - it's the love of experimenting with colours. 

I led a deprived (some say depraved!!) childhood when the only colours I could get to tat with were white, ecru and cream. I finally, in my twenties, resorted to silk sewing threads to bring colour into my life so I am eternally grateful for the many varieties we have available now.  Having said that - there's nothing like making your own coloured thread without the mess of dyes, water and rubber gloves!!!  I'll stick to HWT!!!!

10 comments:

Maureen said...

And you chose my favourite colours! Pink and green.

Tim Kaylor said...

Those 3 threads came out so well. I tried that a short time back and it was nothing short of a mess. Very nice colors. You are correct about the spools. They are programmed like that at the factory.

Jane Eborall said...

Tim, you're SO clever knowing that!

Jane Eborall said...

I like those colours together too Maureen.

Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane said...

Like the others, I do love those colors, Jane!

linb54 said...

Yes, a lovely color combo. I can't imagine 3 shuttles at once. I'd love to se it sometime!!!

Jane Eborall said...

Oh, linb54 - it's not three shuttles at once. I wind three threads onto one shuttle all together. You have to be a bit careful to keep the tension the same on all three but that's pretty easy.

Jane McLellan said...

Lovely! Using three threads together gives a wonderful subtlety to the colours.

God's Kid said...

Fabulous!!! :)

Bernice said...

How clever.

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