Wednesday, November 11, 2015

This Way and.....

I thought I'd tat a quick leaf braid (SR1: 2-6/4, SR2: 4/2-6). Right. I can't tell you how many times I've gone 'this way and this' instead of 'this way and that'. I read somewhere that the first rule of quick tatting is to avoid mistakes. I endorse that. The time spent opening the split ring and each wrong double stitch would be much better spent tatting the next split ring. I guess I had better pay more attention to my task.

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  1. Isn't tatting a leaf braid relaxing... until a mistake is made?I have done that so many times myself! I like to tat Mary Konior's leaf braid, which doesn't have split rings. Still, I get frustrated by my mistakes.

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  2. Pretty braid , what will you do with it?
    I'm currently on a mission to tat30 mini snowflakes in 10 days, I've decided it's better to cut and restart than spending the time to retrotat.

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  3. Looks like my way of tatting! : ))

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  4. Oh no we have, all been there, I sometimes feel I am better at going backward than forwards as I've had more practice in that direction. :)

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  5. I'm constantly amazed at the variety of handwork shown on your blog. Obviously you never sit still! Wonderful shirts, by the way!

    I admit that tatting these leaves would drive me a little crazy!

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  6. Thank you for the pattern. That's very pretty.

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  7. I think we can all endorse that, is this an edging for something?
    Margaret

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  8. And I goofed up without even Realizing it was all wrong !!! For something pretty simple, this pattern does make us lose our way :-)

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    1. I"ve found with sewing that it's the easiest jobs that I make the most mistakes on!

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