I have been busy designing for this year's fair. There is a story behind this design. I am a Rat. My Tai Chi Chuan teacher also makes tee shirts. Some years he does one to commemorate the Chinese New Year. I started late last year asking him to design one for this year, but he said he couldn't think of any Tai Chi Chuan move that would go with a rat. So, I decided that if I wanted to have a tee shirt, I would need to do it myself. So here it is.
I do have the pattern scribbled down on pieces of paper, I haven't had time to get them into a word file. I'm not even thinking of how long it will take to diagram them. If you are planning to go to the IOLI convention this year, I will have my scribbles with me as well as a few stray rats.
I also have a few motif entries. All three of these threads were given to me by Brigitte Henneberger of Wurzburg Germany.
This thread is Amann Buttonhole thread. It is stranded silk. I was going to do a different pattern with it that involved onion rings, but the thread split so bad as I did the split chain join (or smooth join as I call it) that I had to give up and find a more conventional ring and chain pattern.
The pattern is from the August 1958 Workbasket, but any resemblance between the written pattern and the picture is purely coincidental.
This next thread is Valdani pearl cotton size 12. The color is number 35 and is described as Mango-Kiwi-Papaya. The pattern is from the January 1976 Workbasket.
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5 comments:
Hi Kathy,
I realy like the rats and I am a rat too,
So I realy want to know if you are going to publish this pattern.
I think it will be realy nice on the back of a shirt.
greetings
Riet the B-engel
Hello Kathy, yet another cool picture. I love how you continued the yin/yang and black/white colors from the middle to the rats on the outside. I'm a rabbit and can see how this would translate (maybe in my next lifetime??). I wonder what your Tai Chi instructor will think? Best to your DH and doggies, Mimi
Oh Kathy! LOL. The rats are brilliant, but when I first logged onto your blog I instantly thought "What a lovely teapot!" until I zoomed in on the picture! A little adjustment and it would be a great teapot!!! ROFL
Your tatting looks wonderful! I'd be awfully nervous about having someone watching me tat with a camera in his hands... I probably wouldn't be able to make the flip! I'm not a rat, but I think your design is beautiful! Like Linda, I saw a teapot!
I'm very impressed with your rats! In fact, the entire design is lovely.
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