Cro-Tat Snowflakes

Cro-Tat is a combination of crochet and tatting using a crochet hook that is longer then normal and does not have any changes in the shaft.  Tatting in Japan is done on these long crochet hooks.

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It's Saturday and I finished the tat-along mat a little while ago.

I used a size 30 (correction the thread size is actually size 10) Aunt Lydia Crochet Cotton in White.  The finished size before blocking is 11 1/2 inches.

The Lace Mat

Pattern by Norma Benporath

Chart drawn by Jon Yusoff

 

It will probably be 12 inches when I get it blocked.

The time I have invested in this doily is 15 hours.

Happy Friday everyone.  I did too much yesterday.  3 hours on my Crowning Touch doily and another hour on the tat-along lace mat.  Here are pictures of both.

The Lace Mat

Pattern by Norma Benporath

Chart drawn by Jon Yusoff

 This is the doily I have been working on since March.

"Crowning Touch"

Pattern in "Elegant Tatting Patterns"

 

Each point is a little over 3 hours of work.  There are 2 more rows after I get all eight points on the doily.

 

I wanted to get a whole point on yesterday, before I forgot where to join.  I've messed up the last 2 points by forgetting to join where needed.  You can see my threads that I am going to have to hide.

 

The Lace Mat

Pattern by Norma Benporath

Chart drawn by Jon Yusoff

 It took me an hour to make one repeat.  Six more repeats to go.  It's not a perfect as I would like, but I am learning something new. 

I used a lock join to join the picot on the flip side in the 5 ring clover section. I don't know if that is the correct way, but it worked.  I did twist the picot the first time.

The Lace Mat

Pattern by Norma Benporath

Chart drawn by Jon Yusoff

 

I couldn't go to sleep last night, so I started to work on the last row.  I am new to split rings, so they are not turning out very even.  The 5 loop combination is definately a challenge.  (I love it).

 

Here is a close up of the first  loop of the 5.  I stopped there because I didn't want to mess it up with my foggy brain..  

 

 

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The Lace Mat

Pattern by Norma Benporath

Chart drawn by Jon Yusoff

 I messed up which way I went in the beginning so my starting chain is going to be twisted.