Saturday, September 21, 2013

Vest and Shuttles


It is growing and beginning to take shape!! I now have 35 large Rings and 28 small rings. It takes 1 hour to make one large ring.  The DMC pattern is All Rings and I made modern day changes so there are less threads to tie in.  It all starts with a small ring of 4 petals not connected. The small ring connects to the larger rings and it is also the start of the outside large ring of 12 using SSSR. For more information on the SSSR you can read about it on the June 2 post.
The vest is on top of a rug I had woven back in the 70's.


Why Shuttles?? I recently purchased the "fake Mexico" Aero and very disappointed. It is NOT USABLE.  The hook is on the side where you pass through the threads, it is not on the side where  the bobbin goes.  If anyone does not want their German Aero I will gladly take it!!  The new Aerlits are nice but slightly bigger and does not fit in my hands as the Aero does.

6 comments:

CJ STITCHING AND BLOOMS said...

Hello Linda, WOW what a great beginning to your tatted vest.. What a lot of work...Gorgeous indeed.

I could hardly believe all the water in NM.. I reckon it has made up for all the lack of rain over the past 4 years.. With the rain everything came alive including the frogs.. I hope you all are OK?? Hugs Judy

Quayceetatter said...

Thanks Judy for your lovely comment. It will take over a year to finish it!! It rained again on the mesa and came roaring down through. The land across from our road was flooded again last night.

Jane McLellan said...

Wow, your vest is fabulous!! Wish we could take some of your water, very dry here in this part of South Africa. Hmmm, I knew there were shuttles and shuttles, but it seems there are aeros and aeros.

Quayceetatter said...

Thanks Jane for your lovely comment on my vest. I thought the Mexico aeros were the same mold as the German ones. Not so when the hook is on the side where you pass through the threads. Would love to send some h2o. It has filled up the levels of all the lakes which most have turned into rivers during the past 4 years.

God's Kid said...

Beautiful start to your vest!!! :)

Quayceetatter said...

Thank You!!