23 repeats? There shouldn't be 23 repeats. Yup, definitely 23 repeats. Now to find the mistake. Counting, counting, counting. And here it is, a ring missed on the fourth round:
What to do? Jack reckons I should carry on regardless, but looking at Renata's picture of the whole doily I don't think that will be possible, because the number of repeats keeps increasing as the doily gets bigger. I really don't feel like redoing all that. One possibility would be to leave the butterfly round as the outer round. Even with 23 butterflies instead of 24 I think it would look alright. Any other ideas welcome!
OUCH !!!!!
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1. Complete this round with that 1 less repeat (you are almost at the end anyway) and call it 'finished'. You could add a simple end round to hold the thrown rings, but this round looks beautiful as is, too. A simple blocking will hold the rings in place.
In fact it looks good enough to gift!
2. As you said call the butterfly round the last. BUT Only if you have something in mind on how to use these 'garland' rounds.
I prefer option #1. Hopefully someone will have better suggestions.
Oh......It's still beautiful!! I am sure whatever you choose to do will be ok. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, no! I remember getting that sinking feeling with my Jan Stawasz Masterpiece doily a few years ago. I was determined to make it right, so I snipped off weeks of work. However, I agree with Muskaan's solution on this one. Since the mistake is in the fourth round, I would start over rather than snip if you are wanting to have the doily as Renulek shows it.
ReplyDeleteIf you're brave, try following Jack's advice. Next round will increase (double) so you'd have 46 repeats instead of 48. If everything works out evenly in spite of the missed ring, and if it is lying flat, I'd keep going. Worst case, you'd still have the option to cut it off after the butterfly round, best case, you'd have the completed doily and it will look nice.
ReplyDeleteOooh, what a shame! I'm so sorry , so much work done and now this! I wish I had a good idea but I only have this:
ReplyDelete- snip round 4 and keep the first 3 rounds (possibly adding a fourth one to hold the floating rings in place), and use as a medallion / Xmas decoration / coaster.
- some patterns are worked from outer edge inwards; maybe you could use rounds 5 to 10 by adding a few centre rounds? It would be like knitting or crocheting a hat from brim to crown by working decreases on the crown, except it's flat (and there is another proof that I'm a much of a knitter than a tatter!!!)
I hope someone will come up with something you like :)
We have all done this and if you feel you have to fix it, just do the pie wedge thing and don't remove all of it just the spot where it hurts and go up. the hard part is tying back in but if you cut just right to where you have thread on the other side you will be okay.
ReplyDeleteI was going to suggest what Madtatter just did, but being a beginner I was hesitant in my opinion. I did this on round 3 I think, missed a whole element, and the doily was not lying down, but I had only gone 2 more rounds.
ReplyDeleteWe have all been there, does it show perhaps not in the bigger side of the picture, carry on and as long as it lays ok then have one less repeat which won't show if no one knows it one less and as long as all the other rounds tat up ok. It's a total shame to cut off so much work, and a waste of good thread. Starting again is another option but do you want to do it all again?
ReplyDeleteSuch a shame to have a mistake from round 4 show up so late in the doily. I would say you could continue as it is, unless you really need an even number of repeats for the next round. Otherwise, if you want to cut and retat, Madtatter's idea seems the most time saving, so you don't redo the entire rounds. Good luck whichever way you choose!
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ReplyDeleteI did similar on the 2017 doily. To correct it I sniped the mistake and corrected it then sniped the next round, corrected that until I got to the edge. I did a lot of split chains which covered the ends of threads and use split rings to get from each round to the next. Your work is lovely,
ReplyDeleteWow, well done, you’re much braver than I am!
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