4th Motif

I decided to attempt a slightly more difficult (for me) motif for #4 and skipped to motif nineteen in MiniTats by Patti Duff. I was intrigued by the shape and it provides a lot of practice in making uniform picots. I'm still having trouble with the last join so the finished motif pictured here is actually the fourth I did until this "keeper" came off the shuttle. I used Opera thread in size 20 and really like the crisp results.

I was working on this motif during one of the weekly get-togethers of a crocheting group and someone asked me what I was working on. I explained that it was a motif for the 25 Motif Challenge. "But what is it FOR?", she asked. As a crocheter and knitter I'm used to making purposeful items: knitted socks or crocheted water-bottle totes, etc. Tatting, methinks, exists to decorate and to enjoy for itself, but I immediately began thinking would this motif look good as a brooch? As though I need a practical reason to spend time working on it.