If you don't recognize this pattern it is called Ice Queen and is a design from a few years back by Frivole aka Joëlle Paulson. She has a blog called Le Blog de Frivole and and Etsy page LaCossette where you can purchase Tatting Shuttles, Patterns & Lace.
At least once a year she comes up with new snowflake patterns. I had done this pattern years ago before I had a blog to record my tatting.
This pattern is for intermediate tatters as it contains techniques which require special skills. I'd like to tell you but if I did I would be giving away too much of her pattern. 
I tatted it a few times using a vintage thread so it may look a bit different because of that. Also the thread, a Coats size 20 has a slight cream color and the knots never seem to be as neat as other threads.
In the second picture I eliminated the small rings off the chains to see how that would look and although I liked how much easier this was to tat, keeping them in produced a nicer design.
I ran into a few problems with the bugle beads. They have sharp edges and cut my thread on the first few tries. Marie gave me a great tip to put a seed bead on each end and I found that worked well too.
Don't forget to wind up your shuttles to be ready for the TIAS Tat It And See which starts tomorrow. Here is the link.
Wow, so beautiful. Thanks for the tip about putting seed beads at the ends of bugle beads.
ReplyDeleteYour Ice Queens look lovely! It is a challenging pattern and you've done a great job. I like the extra beads on the small rings. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, I still lots of room for improvement, I will try this again.
DeleteWonderful snowflakes!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, they look wonderful in a window.
DeleteI love that pattern! Nice use of bugle beads too!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME...I just loooove the way they came out. Especially the last one.
ReplyDeleteYour tip about the seed beads on the ends of the bugle beads worked out well.
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