KNOT VORTEX
lifelong fascination with beads, threads, string, and yarn
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Monday 13 November 2023
Coronation Flowers
Yes, I messed up the centers but not too bad for a first try. I put a dab of Frey Check on the cut cord to keep them from unravelling too much. I think a bead sewn in the center will make these flowers pop.
Tuesday 7 November 2023
Spool Pin Doily
One of my sisters, is a quilter, that means she can sew but I cannot. She requested a spool pin doily to gift. It is used to protect wear of a spool against the machine. I believe it also prevents the spool from continuing to spin once you stop pulling thread. I made one with various ring counts and chains and settled on a simple pattern.
Here are a few I created for her. The Shuttle is to show size. The finished spool pin doily is about 1.5 inches or 4 cm. Don't pull the center ring too tight so it will have some give to fit most machines.
I found some size 20 thread in her requested colors. I put 2 yards of thread on shuttle one and 1.5 yards on shuttle two. I started a ring of 3ds then 7 picots between and climbed out to the second round with a mock picot. The split ring was 3-3-3/3-3-3. Chain between rings was 3-2-2-2-2-3. I put six picots on one and it still worked out.
Sunday 5 November 2023
Snowflakes
Although I don't know her, these patterns by Renata Niemczyk were posted for free on her Facebook page. I found the repurposed vintage thread was very soft so the buttons and beads gave the snowflakes structure. I have made many many of her patterns.
I found that the pattern could accommodate most sizes of buttons,

Tuesday 17 October 2023
Pumpkins
October is time for pumpkins. The earrings were found on The Things of Anto blog (in Italian) and I adapted the stem as a one shuttle pattern to make it easier to hide ends. I brought these to my CGNFA guild meeting and they were scooped up. They are really cute. I used Lisbeth thread 183 Orange Crush.
The second little pumpkin was tatted at Camp Wanna Tat and is the design of D. Arnold. I believe she will be offering the pattern in her new book when it is ready. I used Lizbeth Bright Orange. Don't you just love shuttle only patterns.
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