Last night on the Online Tatting class the discussion was about if it was possible to make a ric rac ribbon tatted. It was a very interesting challenge. Ruth Perry came with an ideaand was explaining it on the classroom. I was at the same time tatting and didn't understood really well Ruth's explanations and after the clas
s finished I sent the piece I tatted to her; thinking that it was what she was explaining. Well, it was something totally different! Here Ruth's Ric Rac method:
It looks like a real Ric Rac ribbon. She got the inspiration from the crocheted ripples patterns. It's made in 3 rounds. Now here is mine:
My version are small blocks with a tiny chain between them. I used 2 colors because that was the 1st thing I had near the computer. I think that the use of 2 colors gives a very interesting effect to the braid.
Then someone (I think it was Ruth) mentioned about adding beads. Oh!!! Another rush.... I had to try my Ric Rac with beads! It looks amazing!!! I made it short because the thread was finishing on the shuttle and was too lazy to get up and find the thread I was using.
But the thread was enough to finish a quick bookmark:
It's a little stumpy-chubby bookmark. But the idea is there... So, this morning, after sleeping like 6 hours I woke up and had to work with the idea again. I tried to make the Ric Rac bookmark I made several years ago but using the tatted ric rac instead of the fabric. Anyway, I don't have ric rac here in Egypt. It worked again so beautiful!
I think I'm in love with this technique!!!
Now I'll try the same but with Ruth's version.
I was thinking now... This kind of block can substitute clunny leaves.
I have to write the instructions for what I did, but you can find Ruth's version
here and on her
blog. For my original Ric Rac bookmark you can go to
my site.
