Saturday, April 12, 2008

More trouble than they're worth

These hair clips with 5 holes seemed like they would work so well for attaching tatting, but I fear the effort of opening and closing them will have all that work looking a sorry mess very quickly. So, on to other things.

8 comments:

Unknown said...

They sure look cute, tho', I like the colors you chose.

Unknown said...

That is to bad as they sure do look pretty.

Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane said...

I've never seen clips like these. They're adorable! I wonder what could be used in those holes... it sure would be a shame to mess up the tatting.

OmonSan said...

Sooo cute! They look great. OmonSan

Toptattyhead said...

What a shame as they look so pretty!

Marilee Rockley said...

Thanks, everyone. These clips are wider than the standard ones and require more force to open and close, so that's why the 3-D tatting would get messed up. Maybe just some tatting dangling from the edge would work.

Elizabeth said...

They sure are pretty - I would be afraid of the holes in the metal causing the thread to wear over time. Are they smooth holes?

Marilee Rockley said...

The holes seem smooth enough, I guess. I tried putting a coiled jump ring on, but the holes are placed too far in for that.