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Nina Libin Presents her Lesson "Practice in Design" She sends you all this message:
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Nina Libin Presents her Lesson "Practice in Design" She sends you all this message:
The title of our online class scheduled for December 7th and 8th is “Practice in Design”, it needs your active participation , - not just following my instructions.
There are two pages in the link http://www.beanile.com/design-I.html provided for the class.
One page http://www.beanile.com/BNL107-e.html illustrates the pattern of the class project – necklace BNL107-e.
On the other page http://www.beanile.com/practice_in_design-2.html, I am trying to show how even small changes within the same pattern make a piece look different.
And there are a few suggestions like:
- Placing the second row chains over beaded halves of
split rings in BNL107-e,
- or leaving split rings of BNL107-c plain and placing
pearls between them instead of inside;
- not to mention the numerous changes of the second row
chains
- including ample and assorted use of rings on chains,
- self closing mock rings, and an unlimited variety of
beads.
Your home work before the class is to start BNL107-e or may be even finish one side of it.
Besides homework there is a challenge:
- Use the pattern (split rings and chains over them) as
a general idea.
- Consider the above suggested changes as examples
and/or inspiration and use them as a place to start.
- Look through the beads and thread you have at this
moment at home and make a sample (or 2, or 3…) of your
version.
If you have questions do not hesitate to ask:
And please let me know when you come with an interesting idea.
Thank you!
Looking forward to hear from you and see you all in class.
Sincerely,
Nina Libin in New York City
http://www.beanile.com
PS. The Summer 2004 issue of “Lace of Beads” will be dedicated to Practice in Design, so your most interesting solutions can be placed in that booklet.
Designed for the workshop at
the Heart of England
Tatters’ meeting, June 2003
For one half of the necklace you will need :
About 15-17 yards of DMC Embroidery thread or other thread equivalent to DMC size 30, and about 820 seed beads size 10 or 11, plus 88-90 additional seed beads for Part One.
Symbols used through the pattern:
| R ring; |
| SR split ring; |
| CH chain; |
| 1, 2, 3 number of double knots; |
| *** 3 'up' beads to make a pointed picot; |
| : 1 bead 'up' & 1 bead 'down' |
| : : : 3 beads 'up' & 3 beads 'down' |
('up' beads come either from the ball or from the left hand shuttle or from the loop on your left hand; 'down' beads are always from the shuttle in your right hand).
| :* | 2 beads 'up' & 1 bead 'down'; |
| / | shape and tighten ring or chain; |
| ~ | switch the shuttles, that is: put the thread from your right hand or A shuttle on your left hand and take into you right hand shuttle B, the one that was previously on your left hand; |
| // | shape, tighten & turn upside down; |
| SLT | - Shoe lace trick, reversing positions of the threads |
I. Positions 1- 4:
I. :
1) Start Part ONE with a Ring One: 2:::2-2::1***1::2-2:::2/
2) Make a string of 17 (or more if you need a longer necklace) split rings
SR: 12 ~ 2:1:1:1:1:1:2/
3) Make 2 small split rings: 6 ~ 6/
4) To make a ‘sleeve’ for a tie string fold the second small SR over and tie the threads above the last beaded SR. If you plan on using ready made findings to fasten the necklace, disregard position 4).
II. Positions 5 - 13:
Make chains over split rings.
ATTENTION: The chains are asymmetrical pointing in one direction towards the ring you have started with.
5) CH over SR17: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1***1:1:2/ WUJ (wrap under join)
6) CH over SR16: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1***1:1:2/ WUJ (wrap under join)
Keep going until you make chains over split rings 17 through 9, which takes you through positions 5 - 13.
III. Positions 14-18:
Make rings on chains (starting with chain 8):
14) CH over SR8: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1 [R 1:1:*1***1*:1:1/] 1:1:2/ WUJ
15) CH over SR7: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1 [R 1:1:1:*1***1*:1:1:1/] 1:1:2/ WUJ
16) CH over SR6: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1 [R 1:1:1:1:*1***1*:1:1:1:1/] 1:1:2/ WUJ
17) CH over SR5: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1 [R 1:1:1:1:1:*1***1*:1:1:1:1:1/] 1:1:2/ WUJ
18) CH over SR4: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1 [R 1:1:1:1:1:1:*1***1*:1:1:1:1:1:1/] 1:1:2/ WUJ
IV. Positions 19-21:
Make SCMR with ring on top:
19) CH over SR3: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1 [SCMR with R* on top] 1:1:2/ WUJ
[SCMR 2:1:1:1:1:1:*2(R 2:1:1:1:*1***1*:1:1:1:2/)2:*1:1:1:1:1:2/]
20) CH over SR2: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1 [SCMR with R* on top] 1:1:2/ WUJ
[SCMR 2:1:1:1:1:1:*2(R 2:1:1:1:*1***1*:1:1:1:2/)2:*1:1:1:1:1:2/]
21) CH over SR1: 2:1:1:1:*1:*1 [SCMR with R* on top] 1:1:2/ WUJ
[SCMR 2:1:1:1:1:1:*2(R 2:1:1:1:*1***1*:1:1:1:2/)2:*1:1:1:1:1:2/]
V. Positions 22 -26:
Make chain over the first ring you have started with:
22) 2:1:1:1:1:1^ lock join to side picot of R1;
23) continue with the chain 1:1:1:1:1:1:2
24) make ring off this chain [2:1:1:1:*1***1*:1:1:1:2/]
25) continue with the chain 2:1:1:1:1:1:1^ lock join to the free side picot of R1;
26) continue with the chain 1:1:1:1:1:2/^ lock join to the base of R1 27) and start Part TWO if you have enough thread and beads on your shuttles.
If not, you have two choices:
EITHER
-- Tie and hide the tails of Part One and put it aside.
-- String beads for Part TWO.
-- load the shuttles with -- continuous thread
-- and start repeating positions 2) through 7) of Part One.
OR
-- String beads for Part TWO,
-- load the shuttles with continuous thread.
-- Start Part TWO making positions 2)through 7) of Part One
-- and hiding the tails of Part One as you go.
Other helpful an inspiring lessons Nina Libin has created for the Online Tatting Class
Nina Libin Necklaces http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2003/libinnklc.html Note: Nina's server has changed since 2000 her new homepage is at http://www.beanile.com
Please visit the Learning Center http://www.georgiaseitz.com for more of Nina's lessons.
Created November 24. 2003
Guest Teacher Nina Libin http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes2/libin3.html
Revised May 29, 2003
for Nina