dani's CYOP TIAS - day 7!

hi all!

today's the day! all three options! the end of the pattern! thrills! chills! no spills, though, they're hard to clean!

&&(A) if you are following option A, include the green portions surrounded by &&s. &&

@(B) if you wish to follow option B, include the orange portions surrounded by @ signs. @

%(C) if you wish to follow option C, include the blue portions surrounded by % signs. %

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&&(A)
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
Ch: 6
R: 3+ to previous join, 3-3 *
repeat twice more
&&

@(B)
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
Ch: 3-3 + to last join, 2
R: 3-3-3-3 (not joined to anything yet!)
Ch: 3+ to last chain p, 3
R: 3+3-3-3
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3-3 *
repeat once more

Ch: 6
R: 3+3-6

Ch: 8, do not reverse, switch shuttles
R: 2-2, do not reverse, switch shuttles
Ch: 8 + to top of last ring, 6+ to next ring, 6+6+6+6+ to first picot of previously free ring
R: 3+ to next p on prev round, 3-3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3
@

%(C)
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
R: 6+ to next chain p (on the add-on), 2-4
* Ch: 8
R: 4+2+2-4 *
repeat once more

Ch: 8
R: 4+4-4
Ch: 6, reverse, switch shuttles
Ch: 2
R: 2-2, do not reverse, switch shuttles
Ch: 8
R: 4+4-4
* Ch: 8
R: 4+2+2-4 *
repeat twice more

Ch: 8
R: 4+2+ to same chain p as last join, 2-4
Ch: 8
R: 4+2+2-4
Ch: 8
R: 4+2+6
Ch: 4
R: 3+ to both the free p on the add-on and the next p on the prev round, 3-3
%


Ch: 6
R: 2+2+2-2
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3-3 *
repeat twice more

* Ch: 6
R: 2+2+2-2
Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3 (does not join to prev round!) *
repeat three more times

Ch: 6
R: 2+2+2-2
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+ to first ring of this round, 3 (does not join to prev round!)
Ch: 6
join to base of first ring of this round
cut & tie

(option A, 20 new rings, option B, 24 new rings, option C, 28 new rings.)

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well, folks, that's the end of the Choose Your Own Pattern Tat-It-And-See!

i'll post stuff and answer questions as quick as i can, although it seems that comments are somehow not coming through. i'm sure Jane & i can work out the details! i'll be posting all the pictures i have saved up tomorrow, probably lunch time.

thanks for playing!

dani

dani's CYOP TIAS - day 6

hi all!

sorry for the lack of a day 6 yesterday, but i was home sick... sigh... nothing big, just... sick.

we've had some confusion when i made a mistake (of which another was found, this time in day 3) or when i varied from the previously established pattern. so i'm noting where it might look wrong, but isn't, i swear!

today's options are A&C vs B

@(B) if you wish to follow option B, include the orange portions surrounded by @ signs. @

%(A&C) if you wish to follow options A or C, include the blue portions surrounded by % signs. %

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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Round 4:

{SR: 2-2/2-2} or [R: 2-2+ last picot of prev round, 2-2]
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3 (yes, these rings don't join to the prev round!}
Ch: 6
R: 2+2+ to prev round, 2-2 *
repeat once more

* Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3-3 *
repeat two more times

Ch: 6
R: 2+2+2-2
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3+ to next chain, 3 (yes, no picot)
Ch: 6
R: 3+ to same p as prev ring, 3-3 *
%(A&C) repeat 3 more times %

@(B) do not repeat grouping (one pair total)
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
R: 3-3-3-3
CH: 4+ to last p, 6
R: 3+ to top p of prev ring, 3-3-3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3-3
R: 3+3-3-3
Ch: 6

R: 3+3-3-3, do not reverse after close, switch shuttles
Ch: 6
R: 2-2, do not reverse after close, switch shuttles
Ch: 12+ to last p on last ring, 4+ to next p, 4+ to next ring, 8+6+3-3+2+ to next open p on prev round, 3+ to picot earlier on this chain, 3

R: 3+ to same p on prev round, 3-3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+ to next chain, 3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3
@

in all three cases, you should be just past the center line at the tip of the rev round
(options A&C, 17 new rings, option B, 21 new rings)

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hooray! one more day to go! and all options!!! (gulp!)

8-)

TIAS examples through day 4!

day 1 - Tatskool


day 2 - Jeanne (LadyTats)



day 3 - Jeanne (LadyTats)



day 4 - Jeanne (LadyTats)

dani's CYOP TIAS - day 5

hi all!

no options today... all versions are the same! but tomorrow... oh tomorrow there will be options!

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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R: 6+ to next p, 3-3
* Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+3-3 *
repeat 3 more times

Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+6

Ch: 4-4
R: 3+ to next available ring base, 3
Ch: 3-3
R: 6+ to next join on prev round, 3-3
Ch: 3-3
R: 2+2+2-2
Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+6
{SCh: 3/3} or [Ch: 3-3, join, cut and tie]

(10 new rings total)

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see you tomorrow!

(oh, and i'll put up the pictures i've gotten then)

%-)

dani's CYOP TIAS - day 4

hi all!

today we have options!

@(A&B) if you wish to follow options A or B, include the orange portions surrounded by @ signs. @

%(C) if you wish to follow the C option, include the blue portions surrounded by % signs. %

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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Round 3:

{SR: 3/3} or [R: 3+ to end of prev round, 3]
Ch: 4-4

R: 6+ to next p, 3-3
* Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+3-3 *
repeat 3 more times

Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+6

Ch: 4-4
R: 3+3
Ch: 4-4
R: 6+ to next chain, 3-3
* Ch: 4-4
R: 3+3-3 *
repeat once more

Ch: 4-4
R: 3+3+ to next chain, 6

@(A & B) Ch: 4-4 @

%(C)
Ch:4, place a paperclip or some other marker in the chain at this point to leave a place to join later
Ch: 3
R: 2-4-2
Ch: 3-3
R: 2+4-2
Ch: 3-3
R: 2+2-2-2
Ch: 3-6-3

R: 2+2+2-2
* Ch: 3-3
R: 2+4-2 *
repeat once more
Ch: 3-3
R: 2+2-2-2
Ch: 3-6-3
R: 2+2+2+ to first ring in this section, 2
Ch: 3 + to where you left the paperclip or other marker
Ch: 4
%

R: 3+ to next chain on prev round, 3
Ch: 4-4

(options A&B, 13 new rings. option C, 21 new rings)

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we confused yet? bwah-hah-hah-hah-hah! (insert evil laugh sound effect here!)

day 1 from Jeanne

Jeanne appears to be choosing to use {split ring/chain}, where Suzanne is option for [standard].

dani's TIAS - day 3

i think i'm going to call the options a CYOP - Choose Your Own Pattern... kind of like the CYOA - Choose Your Own Adventure books from the 80s.

oh, and there's a correction on day 2!

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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R: 3+ to last small r, 3+ to base of ring on last round, 3-3
Ch:3-3

* R: 3+ to prev ring, 3+ to prev round, 3-3
Ch: 3-3 *
repeat 4 more times

R: 3+ to prev ring, 3+ to base of ring on prev round, 3-3 --oops!--
Ch: 4 + to last p, 4+ to join on prev round, 4+ to next p, 4 to start of this round

[cut & tie]

(7 new rings total)

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tomorrow, an option!

dani's TIAS - day 2

since i left this so late (darn that knitting, anyway!), i'll be releasing these updates more often than your average TIAS... unless i hear an uproar from the populace.

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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Round 2:

{SR: 3-3/3-3} or [R: 3-3+ to base of ring at end of last round, 3-3]
Ch:3-3

* R: 3+ to prev ring, 3+ to prev round, 3-3
Ch: 3-3 *
repeat 4 more times

R: 3+ to prev ring, 3+ to base of ring on prev round, 3-3 --oops!--
Ch: 3-3
R: 3+ to prev ring, 3
Ch: 3-3
R: 3+ to join on prev round, 3
Ch: 3-3
R: 3-3
Ch: 3-3

(10 new rings total)

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yes, i know, we only went halfway around... heh, heh, heh... (another good reason to release daily!)

8-)

Dani's Easter TIAS - day 1

hi all!

i've come up with something slightly different for this tat-it-and-see... multiple choices! the first few days will be all alike, then i'll present options A, B, and C for the last few days.

i envision this done in a different pastel color for rings and chains, and a different pair of colors for every round, but i did mine in the variegated i happened to have on my shuttle. it would look good in anything, really!

a couple more bits of bookkeeping, i'll present split ring/chain options in {pink curly braces} and normal tatting in [green square brackets], and i'll show the number of new rings at the end in (parentheses).

on to day one!

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R: 3-3-3-3
*Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3-3-3*
repeat 4 more times

Ch: 4+ to side p, 4 + to top p
Ch: *3-3 + to next top p * to end

Ch: 4+ to side p, 4 + to beginning

[cut and tie]

(6 rings total)

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enough to start? excelsior!

dani, the geek 8-)

More lighthouses trickling in....

Look what I found! Just when I was thinking that my TIAS didn't look like a lighthouse, I found this one on the Bon Secour River that it must have modeled after! Cool or what? ~TattyCat

Hi Sherry,
Thank you for doing the TIAS 4. I really enjoyed participating.
Here is the picture of my Lighthouse. ~J.B. Satsuma, AL

Hi Sherry,
This is the photo of my finished TIAS as promised. Can't thank you enough for this. I am really glad I joined in.
Happy vacation and can't wait to see what you have planned for your blog while you are away. ~Best regards, Wendy

Day 12 finish line

I'm finally getting around to sending my picture of my finished lighthouses. I had to remember to tat my chains A LOT looser than I normally do or else I'd only get halfway to where I was supposed to join! ~Becky


Hi Sherry,
Thank you for doing the TIAS 4. I really enjoyed participating. Here is the picture of my Lighthouse.~J.B. Satsuma, AL


Sorry but I got behind on the TIAS. I had to do 200 small motifs for a friend who needed them asap!!! Then I lost my pieces for a day or two but found them buried!!! Anyway, it was fun to be on the receiving end and I didn't guess what it was until it was finished and then only because you said what it was!!!! I'm a bit dense at times over these things!!! Still, it's a lovely pattern and idea. Well done. ~Jane E.

Sherry, Been out of town, but now I'm home and here's my finished Oregon Lighthouse Bookmark! It does need blocked. You had me fooled clear to the end as I was just sure it was a Korean building, door, or something with the Korean influence. Thank you so much for doing this for us all. I've learned several things in the process.Karen in OR where we do have lighthouses

~Ellen


Hello Sherry,
Here is the finished Lighthouse. The nearest I got was the Empire State Building!!
~Wendy

Hi Sherry!
Here is my lighthouse. I did not send each day's progress but have been following along. It was a great pattern. Thank you for sharing. I have not pressed it yet, but I think it looks pretty good. I used Altin Basak thread, so it is a little smaller than size 20 would have been. ~Marie Smith

Thanks for the TIAS I enjoyed it. Any mistakes don't blame me. My great grandson Aracin started school this year and I am not use to tatting when it is so quite, still trying to get use to it. ~Sharon D.



Sherry,
I loved it! You did such a great job of keeping the
mystery alive! I had to run down to the beach this morning
and snap a picture of the Lighthouse Bookmark! LOL!~TattingChic :)

Hi Sherry. Here is my finished Lighthouse. I guessed correctly. Yippee. Congratulations to all the other participants who also guessed correctly, but most of all my thanks and appreciation go to you for arranging this TIAS 4. I have learnt so much doing this project.~Pam
Hampshire UK.

Hi sherry,
I have finished your T.I.A.S
what fun.and I am excited that I had the right guess.
it is a little lopsided because I haven't blocked it yet, I wanted to get it posted now that it is finished. Blocking would have taken another day. ~Thanks again for the fun.
Jeanne (ladytats) NATA #39

Hiya,
Here is my finished lighthouse, mine is definately Great Point Light in Nantucket as i had never seen one with the little porcgey bit and pitched roof over the doorway. but having read what you said and looked up lighthouses in Oregan i see that they have them like that too. thanks for the fun this will be put in a plastic sleeve and treasured. TatsKool


Here it is finished. You did a great job! It's beautiful, useful and I had NO idea! Thanks for all the time you put into this for us.
Hugs,
Lala

Sherry,
Whoopee finished........... well, it ended up being a house even tho I said doghouse LOL.
Thank you for a lot of fun and mystery.
Nita

Sherry,
Here is my completed lighthouse. It was fun to make. Thank you for your TIAS. Not to sure of my colors but this is it.
Thanks
Elizabeth
Mobile, Al.

Day 11

Only one more day! What IS it????
Two participants have made a correct guess so far....but they don't know it yet since my answer was the same for every guess. hee hee!

Pam in Hampshire

TatsKool

Wendy

Karen F.

LadyTats




Nita


TattingChic

Day 10

Becky


TattingChic


Karen Fish


LadyTats


TattyCat



Sherry,
Day 10........... wow, you sure know how to keep a secret.........
Nita

Day 9

Wendy

TattingChic

LadyTats


Ellen


TattyCat



Hello Sherry,
Here is my TIAS after day 9. I'm looking forward to finding out what it is. ~Margaret


Sherry, Here's my day 9. In three more I'll know for sure what it is! ~Karen

Sherry,
One through nine........... still don't know, am getting suspicious tho.
Nita

Day 8

I seem to stay one step behind everyone. Maybe since I'm doing two!
Becky


TattingChic


Wendy


Karen F.

Jane E.

Nita

LadyTats