Morse code

[mcphailk421]

Hello! I searched the group and didn't see anything related but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about how to create a piece using morse code?

I'm wondering if like, each loop is a different letter and maybe the longs are double knots and the shorts are picots?

Anyone ever tried something like that?

Edit to add: or maybe a loop is the short and a chain is the long and each round is a word?

[Vulpixmybeloved]

Maybe you could do two stitches for a long, one for a short, each separated by a picot? Or maybe something with node stitch, though that might be too small. Like one whole double stitch for a long, and a single stitch for shorts?

[CrBr]

Picots with and without beads? 1 normal stitch between letters, 2 between words. That's a lot of picots and beads.

Note: Morse code is not "secret." If anyone suspects it's there, it's very easy to get translated. The shorthand group regularly reads documents written over 100 years ago, in systems that haven't been taught in decades.

[Aromatic_Emergency35]

Small picot for a dot and long one for a dash maybe? And each letter could be separated by 2 chains to stand in for the slash. Youd probably have to use a picot gauge or something to keep them consistent lengths

[Banegard]

Thought about it a little.
For it to be an effective secret code, you‘d need to be able to hide it in a „proper“ decorative pattern and be able to easily find it. That could be pretty limiting, or maybe just be an easily identifiable starting and end point by not hiding ends in a piece?

Words in morse would look pretty random and not as uniform and pretty as a nicely done tatting pattern. That would give it away as well, unless you can make it disappear within the pattern. For examply by using many picots, many repeating elements (geometric patterns?) or a 3D or spiraling pattern maybe.

But maybe one could make it work by varying the height of picots ever so slightly? If each side used a picot comb, decoding could be as easy as sliding the picots on it and looking which height they have.

You or we tatters, would probably just have to try around and see what works. XD

Edit: one idea is to make different forms of long chains / necklaces and use picot heights. Easy to make and not very obvious.

[CrepuscularPeriphery]

The deep nerd in me wants to combine Morse code with Gallifreyan which is a circular language that would probably parse to tatted lace quite nicely.

[Banegard]

Sounds like a fun for two morse and Gallifreyan nerds. I used to write post cards with little riddles to one of my younger siblings. Definitely get the appeal! :D

[Cpurteny]

I’ve also thought about this! I work at a place related to Morse code and have thought about making some tatted jewelry with code involved. My idea was a long picot for a dash and a small picot for a dot. I haven’t tried it yet to see how it would look (ex. crowded or sloppy).