Showing posts with label split chain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label split chain. Show all posts

Sunday, March 31, 2013

nuntium centesimum duodevicesimum (118th post) Easter basket

Happy Easter!  Below is a little basket I made for my daughter.  My intention was to make two but time does escape.  I am especially delighted with it as I used multiple split chains and by the end, I think I've got the technique.  By the top of the basket, the split chains are nearly indistinguishable from the regular but I have to work very hard to get the tension right.  So far, I have not stiffened it- sadly I've lost my very expensive container of Fa-Brick - but it's pretty sturdy.  I bought something called Stiffen-Quik by Aleene's but I don't want to change the color so I'm nervous to use it.  The pattern is an old one from Tatsy that I bought maybe 20 years ago that includes three baskets.  The others won't need as many split chains so I'm hesitating!

motif #4 size 20 Lizbeth, Scottish Thistle
motif #5, size 20 Lizbeth white
And this little fellow I made a few weeks ago, I think I saw the pattern on Ambitatterous but that could be a big lie.  If you know the author, please let me know and I will give credit.  (I must get better about this.)

Latin for today:  autoraeda iterum fracta est = The car is broken again.