Finished it today during my lunch break! Fully stretched out, it's not quite a foot long (well, we have some big ol' books!). I tatted the tail as lock stitch - the equivalent of 30 DS, then did one ring with each shuttle, and finished with a SR. I continued with more lock stitch, same as before, then did three SRs in a row. One more section of lock stitch chain finished the tail; then a not-quite-closed SR to hold the tassel, and the bookmark was finished!
The thread is size 20; Berry Burst (Lizbeth) and the lavender I was using a couple of posts ago (DMC Cebelia).
If anybody has a sure-fire method of making tassels, I'd love to hear it!
This is very pretty, Sharren. Nice colour too!
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That is one beautiful bookmark!
ReplyDeleteI'll show you my tassel method when I see you next...
ReplyDeleteA lovely bookmark and very charming arrangement of rings on the tail.
ReplyDeletep.s. my eyes are getting "old" - can't figure out the word verification thingy - trying for a third time now. Not that I am against it since I have it on my blog too.
I've long since given up on tassels. I just make a smaller motif that echos some element of the main bookmark and use that to finish off the tail.
ReplyDeleteI can't help you with the tassels but I love the bookmark & the way you did the tail : )
ReplyDeleteThat is gorgeous!!! :)
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