The Yin-Yang earrings free pattern

Since my Hanako necklace free pattern was so much appreciated, here's my second free pattern for the Yin-Yang earrings which match the necklace perfectly.
These delicate tiny earrings are really easy to tat, and can be considered as a valid solution whenever you need a pair of earrings to match a tatted necklace.

This beautiful thread I used here is a DMC Diamond thread in black, but a Sunlight poly thread will also be perfect.

This DMC thread actually looks much better than it shows in pictures and I love its shiny effect, but I also find it quite expensive and not so easy to tat.
Sunlight thread has the same thickness, it's easy to work with, and much cheaper, though you may not find it in the same colour.

This pattern is tatted using two shuttles: as you can see the design of the two earrings is quite deceiving: they look the same but they are not. So please be really careful that you tat them correctly.


The basic modules in the pattern are three:

Base ring: 10knots, 1 picot, 10knots-close. The central rings are connected through their picot in the middle of the flower motif.

Segment: all segments are equals: 7 picots and 9 spaces of 2 knots each

Outside ring: this ring will contain the crystal or pearl we choose to add: it must thus be larger than the others: 10knots, 1 p, 2k, 1p, 2k, 1p., 10k









To get the mirror effect of the Yin Yang design it is necessary to tat the rings and segments in the right order. Follow the numbers very carefully.

This is earring number one, carefully follow the number order: you'll finish the pattern on top, getting back to number 1. That's the point where you'll have to put your earring hook.

You can see the result on the left earring in picture

Here's the second earring: as you see you now have to follow a different sequence. so that the hook could be added between segment 10 and 13.

Here's the second earring.




No need to say that seen from afar the earrings look the same: this precious symmetry and equilibre is a sort of precious secret...






The final size of earrings is around 2cm. wide and 3 cm. long when tatted with DMC Diamond, Sunlight , or Penny 30 threads.

I really hope you'll enjoy this work, and I will be glad if you will post the pictures of your works in the comments below.

I shall remind to all tatter friends visiting my blog, taht a SPECIAL 20% DISCOUNT is available on all my patterns: just mention the pattern yu would like to purchase in comments, and I'll list a custom order for you in my Etsy shop

Per le amiche chiacchierine che visitano il mio blog 20% SCONTO su tutti i miei pattern: lasciate un commento specificando il pattern che desiderate acquistare e faro' un'inserzine personalizzata per voi con prezzi scontati!

And here's the link to the Sunlight Polyester thread:
http://www.guastallascarpe.com/bs/prodotto/sunlight-30/


Happy tatting!

Cassiopea variations

Everytime I create a new patternI have to explore its potentialities, see what colours fit it better, what beads look the best and where and how I can add them.

As for 'Cassiopea', I tried quite a lot of combinations. 
Choosing the right thread was already a task: I love bright colours, such as turquoise, green, blue...but this time I stuck to grey...: everytime I tried to figure out the model, I couldn't but imagine it in grey...

So, there I went, starting with a pearl grey, very light

I tatted these using a polyester thread Penny 20 Ice colour (Ghiaccio) .
Beads are seed beads Preciosa 11/0in silver -pink colour.
To finish them I put an iridescent transparent round 4mm. crystal, which I replied in the hook decoration.










The pearl grey version was the easiest: matching grey with pink is even too easy...

I love this burgundy. In the finish frame I matched the steady colour thread with a nice very thin purple-gold thread: the result is a 'glittering' burgundy, which needs no seed beads addings.

Another burgundy version with seed beads on the external frame enhancing the pinwheel effect. Seed beads are Preciosa glass seed beads 11/0 in silver-pink colour

And another burgundy, with drop beads in the inner frame (Miyuki 3mm drop beads orchid iridescent)
and Preciosa seed beads in the external frame (pink silver lined).

Drop beads are really perfect to fill empty spaces, but somehow fade in large spaces.
These drop beads have a wonderful iridescent colour, though, and that green touch looks so perfect!

These two samples were tatted with a beautiful dark grey polyester thread (Penny 20 'perla') and enriched with seed beads 11/0 pink and light burgundy silver lined.
To add groups of three seed beads in the inner frame gave a beautiful result, I love this version.

The small 2mm. silver tubes inspired me to tat this silver-silver version: I wanted a really sparkly galaxy! As you can see, I put the little tubes beads in groups of three on the outer frame and on the inner frame, and I also filled the small central loops by adding groups of threes beads on each ring side.

This pattern is Cassiopea's first variation, which is different from the version you see in my previous pictures.
Another result I obtained working with black thread.

The beads you see here are Miyuki seed beads 11/0 in Azure colour: it's a transparent black opaque glass colour, with a touch of blue. 
The whole looks a little 'naked', and maybe adding same colour drop beads in the center would result better.

Now, I really hope I gave you some ideas as for tatting a new pattern, or combining threads and colours.

The pattern you see in this article is available in my Etsy shop, both with English and with Italian explanation text: it's a double pattern, containing both versions of these earrings, a 2 in 1 pattern actually.

Please remember: 20%DISCOUNT on all my patterns for all tatter friends visiting my blog: just leave a comment saying what pattern you want to purchase and I'll make a custom listing for you with discounted price!

(20% SCONTO, per le amiche chiacchierine: lasciate un commento qui, specificando quale pattern vi interessa e io faro' un'insrzione personalizzata per voi nel mio negozio Etsy, con prezzo speciale!)

Find this pattern here:
English text:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/262759149/shuttle-tatting-pattern-and-tutorial-2?ref=shop_home_active_15

Italiano:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/262865088/gioielli-chiacchierino-pattern-e?ref=related-1


Find here the polyester Penny threads:

http://www.guastallascarpe.com/bs/prodotto/penny-20/

Happy tatting!

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Yin-Yang necklace free pattern

This necklace is probably one of the most beautiful I have tatted: I took inspiration from a classical pattern, to which I simply added two extra elements.

I tatted this one using a very thin polyester Sunlight thread n. 30 (corresponding to a cotton thread Lizbeth 40) in golden colour. 

As finition I added pale blue Czech half-crystals. 

I chose not to charge the lace with many beads, since using a very thin thread and adding many picots already give a rich effect.

Now, the following instructions will help you tat the necklace you see in picture. Anyway, to make it even more simple, you can choose to avoid tatting ring 11, which is the one carrying the glass bead.

The whole work is composed of two elements: one ring (A) and one segment (B) combined together and repeated. The number of knots (double stitches) and picots are the same in all rings and segments.

You can tat this with two shuttles, or one shuttle and one ball thread (I always suggest two shuttles is better...)

Start with ring 1, as you see in diagram : 10k.- 1pic.- 10k.- close

proceed with segment 2: 3k.- 1p.- 2k.- 1p.- 2k.- 1p.- 2k.- 1p.- 2k.- 1p.- 2k.- 1p.- 2k.- 1p.- 3k.-

Ring 3, joined to Ring 1

Segment 4

Ring 5, joined to rings 1 and 3

Ring 6

Segment 7

Segments are all the same, but you can make a longer one at the sides (segment 2)

Now repeat module 5-6-7 until you reach the length you want.

Once you finished this half of the necklace, which will be the upper part of the lace, you'll have to tat the lower part going backward:

Segment 7

one ring joined to the previous, 

Segment, reverse work

Ring joined to previous 

(instead of tatting 7-5-6 you will tat elements 7-5-7-5)

Tatting the lower part we will have to add the 2 extra elements. 

(The following diagram shows you the work upside down, so, don't get confused about it, it's only for practical reasons.)

In tatting my necklace I chose to insert the extra elements starting after the fifth segment, but you can choose to start wherever you want, as long as you have a symmetric result.

Referring to diagram: after segment 7, tat ring 8 joined to rings underneath, then ring 9, joined at the base of underneath couple of rings, ring 10. 

Before tatting ring 11 I suggest you should make a half knot on shuttle two thread, so that you may start ring 11 right in the center of  the previous group of rings base.

Start again with segment 12, rings 8-9-10-11, and proceed from 12 on again . 

Remember you must have the same number of 'flat' module on both ends of the necklace, so don't forget to count!

This necklace is perfect with the beautiful 'Hanako' earrings.

If anyone of you wants to tat a beautiful set, here's the link to my pattern in my Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/264484004/tatting-pattern-shuttle-tatting-earrings?ref=shop_home_active_9 

You can find the pattern both with English and with Italian explanation text.

The black version you see in picture was tatted using DMC Diamant black thread, a beautiful thread, though quite expensive and delicate...

The earrings are my original design, and actually display a Yin-Yang pattern: soon to be found in my Etsy shop!

Hope youìll enjoy tatting this necklace: though really easy you'll get a wonderful result! 

Please leave a comment, and please share your creations!

Happy tatting!

Clover tatting pattern

https://www.etsy.com/listing/202524302/tatting-pattern-with-english?ref=shop_home_active_1

Siderea necklace tatting pattern

https://www.etsy.com/listing/262156008/shuttle-tatting-pattern-and-english-text?ref=related-5

Cassiopea earrings pendant pattern

https://www.etsy.com/listing/262865088/gioielli-chiacchierino-pattern-e?ref=related-5

Hanako Mandala pattern

This Mandala pattern is one of my favourites: I started tatting it with no notion what the result would be. I had no idea of its final shape, so I just kept on adding rings and arches, just figuring out what the correct number of stitches would be to get a perfect round and flat shape. At the end I obtained a perfect result with great satisfaction.

This pattern allows you to complete your work without ever having to cut threads: this means a more compact work, no waste of time and thread and no 'weak points'.

I tatted these earrings using a polyester thread Sunlight 30 in golden colour.
This thread is very thin and still easy to tat.

As you can notice, the pattern offers you many possible variations as to how, where and what beads and crystals you can enrich it with. 
In this case I chose not to load the jewes with too many beads, since I wanted the lace itself to be exhalted.

The colour of this thread is very soft, somehow turning towards a silvery shade, so I prefered using soft tone coloured half-crystals and small 11/0 Preciosa golden coloured seed beads to lighten gold.

For this earring I used an Isamet gold colour thread. This is a very thin thread you have to double, in order to get a thread which is about a Lizbeth n. 40 thread thick. 
I was curious to see how the resulting effect would be like, using such a bright gold colour: now, the jewel really looks like a filigree, and you can be sure its weight is close to zero.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to enrich it with crystals or beads, I believe it's already beautiful, just like it is...

This is yet another thread I purchased in London, this, too, has to be doubled to get a n. 40 thickness, but is much easier to work with than Isamet: I have many colours available, this is a burgundy-gold one.


As you can see, this pattern gives you beautiful and perfect results, either enriched with crystals, and left bare as it is...

Finally, here you see it tatted with polyester Penny 20 thread: the result is, of course , much larger (approx 7cm. diam). Perfect for all big earrings lovers, like me. The rings you get using this thread allow you to decorate the pattern with bigger crystals, such as bicone 4mm. or 4mm. glass beads.


Now, if you feel like giving it a try, this is the link leading you to my Etsy Shop
listing:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/264484004/tatting-pattern-shuttle-tatting-earrings?ref=shop_home_active_8


https://www.etsy.com/listing/264484912/tutorial-chiacchierino-schema?ref=shop_home_active_18

You will find it both with English and with Italian explanation texts, pattern includes step-by-step tutorial, diagrams and pictures.


For all my tatter friends, you will have a 20% discount on purchasing my patterns via blog: just leave a comment to the post saying what pattern you would like to purchase and I'll list a discounted custom order for you! 


Happy tatting!