This pattern is called "Patchwork" and appears in Mary Konior's Tatting with Visual Patterns. The original pattern is a small repeatable square that can be connected to other squares to make a large mat. I transformed it into a magic square by adding trefoils to the corners of the small squares.
For those who would like to try this pattern adaptation, here are my notes. As you tat this, keep in mind that the central flowers have a slightly different stitch count so they can attach to the trefoils. I've also changed a lot of the original stitch counts to suit my tatting style:
Right clicking and opening the photo in a new tab should make the stitch counts large enough to read. Numbers in the diagram show one repeat. The flower in the lower left corner (where numbering begins) is a good place to start tatting this pattern.
If you are really ambitious, you could make the square much larger. I digitally altered the photo to give an idea of what a larger magic square would look like:
I'd recommend starting in the corner and working your way around like this:
This larger square is all done in one pass, but it is quite a maze and careful attention is needed to keep your place!
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Fantastic! Well done. Thanks for showing us how it's done I'm going to bookmark this page. I do have the book, though I realise that looking at the original could be distracting.
Beautiful !
I love Mary Konior's "Patchwork" and I found this is a really nice variation you created, with the appealing interest that you can do it in one pass. Your magic square is also superb, I started yesterday to make just one square to train.
I wanted to say how much I admire your work, always looking for the better number of knots, to get a nice and flat shape. And moreover, you always respect the shapes of rings and chains (as Frivole, by the way), not forcing them to be too linear or too curved.
I'd be very happy (and I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one) if you make a book with your diagrams one day (of course, you're already sharing them on this site and on your shop, but a book is such a nice object to keep... :)
I'm looking forward to discover the next nice works of yours ! :D
Greetings from a french tatting guy,
Gilles
Wow it's beautiful and fun to work with something already there love your adaptations and the digitized one letting you see into the future :)
Looks awesome!!!!! :)
Thank you so much for sharing your pattern. It amazes me how you can manipulate the patterns electronically. It just seems like magic.
Your adaptation looks wonderful! I think I should give it a try. Thank you for sharing your notes!
I love the way you think! I will give this a try soon! Thank you for making me think outside the box.
I also love Mary Koniors patterns and this is a lovely adaptation of one of her patterns. Thank you for sharing it with us
Just brilliant! And very beautiful, too. Well done! :-)
Thanks so much Gilles! I hope to create a book of patterns someday, though it is more of a long term goal as it will require tons of research, planning, and preparation. Glad to hear you are practicing the magic square, I think this is a fun pattern to make :)
I'm a great fan of square designs and this one looks great, must have a go one day!
Fantastyczny pomysł!
Sehr schön!
Very clever to think to adapt the pattern into a magic square, and quite striking when worked up! Lovely work, and thank you for sharing. You are tempting me away from my snowflakes. :)
Wow! I love Mary Konior's patterns, and this square is just amazing !
Thank you so much for sharing your adaptation. I love Mary Konior patterns, and this magic square Patchwork is amazing.
Some members of the Francophone Tatting group "Frivolité : dentelle aux navettes et à l'aiguille" on Facebook have started doing it in order to make window shades.
I am so tempted to try it myself, but have too many projects on at the moment, and too little time to tat.
Thank again.
Thanks for the information. I don't have a Facebook account, so I can't check it out myself, but it sounds like an interesting project. I imagine it would take a while to make window shades, and I'd be curious to see how they turn out!
Thanks for the post. I can't wait to start this project.
I shared your post in our beginning tatters chat group on fb.
Hope you like it! I find it to be an interesting and somewhat challenging project (more so if you decide to expand the square).
I started the square tonight and I'm doing 4 squares. Wish me luck lol. I'll try and post a pic so you can see well (or not so well) I do.:)
I got to the halfway point of the larger magic square and instead of turning to complete it, I went the other direction to grow it. Cross your fingers for me and hope I don't completely mess up! LOL
Hahaha Lacy! Well, now you'll have a magic square that's twice as big as you planned, but it will look impressive :) It can be tricky to keep one's place in the pattern. I tend to go slow and concentrate on small sections, and it works out okay. Good luck!
I love your Magic Squares concept. I worked the Onion rings one, when it was on the Online Tatting Class, - and managed to work the large square (besides the bad boo-boo in the centre, which I had to 'fudge" on the 4th ring!! Well, - the mistake - which shows, - proves it is hand made, not Machine made!!!!!!!
I Must have a go at this new Magic Square. Thank you SO much for sharing these patterns that you have offered - bookmarks, etc. Your diagrams are very clear and easy to follow.
Hi Liz, glad to hear you are enjoying the magic squares! I think it is a fascinating concept, although it can be very tricky to keep one's place. Not what I would consider a casual tat, but this pattern should be easier than the onion ring magic square because it doesn't have any Catherine wheel joins.
Is this done with 2 shuttles or shuttle and ball?
I enjoyed working your Magic Square, and now I look forward to giving this Mary Konior square a try. It is a brilliant idea, and I marvel at how they actually work!!
A very big Thank You.
A friend in a craft group shared your pattern with me. She worked hers in #2yarn. I was using up some stash as a practice. Both came out great! I love this pattern. Thank you for sharing. (Now my daughter wants it, even though it was practice.) Awesome fun.
I used shuttle ball. And really load up your shuttle
I am working the Konior large magic square, - and mark off, with a pencil(so I can erase it later, to reuse the pattern!) It is easy to get lost - for me, anyway!!!
How would you work a 9X9 square? I don't have the mathematical brain to work it out, but I have a 9x9 square I want to make, so wonder if you would just extend this for one more square on the end of the first row, then work the 2nd row, and then add the 3rd row on the top?
The whole concept of working all the squares in the one go is Wonderful! A very big Thank You, Robin, - and stay safe in this crazy world, - and keep tatting, as one way to stay sane!! It is all I had to hang opn to during our World Record Lock-downs, here in Oz.!!
I got totally lost the other evening and had to "back-track" a short way. Eventually found where I was and was able to continue. However last night things seemed a bit strange, but after a good look - I find I am Much further on than I thought!! Hooray!!!!! Just the last quarter to do now. I have used a variegated thread for the rings, and a matching plain for the chains. maybe I should have used a darker shade for the chains - or maybe not!! It is looking good, anyway!!! It has certainly "Stretched my mind" a bit!!
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