Saturday, April 17, 2021

Breaking It Down

 


Round 13 is a little daunting at first glance - that's a lot of tatting to do in a week. I counted the number of flower repeats on Renulek's photo; there are 32. So if I tat five repeats a day, plus two on the last day, I'll be there. Right. That sounds manageable. I've reached the target for Thursday and Friday - so far, so good. 

I usually just work from my iPad screen or draw myself a little sketch with the stitch count, but this row is complicated, with a lot of different numbers, so I printed it out. Still, it's straight forward enough and after a few repeats I had grasped those numbers. 

10 comments:

  1. Oh, dear! I think you're way ahead of me! Maybe I'd better spend some time catching up today!

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  2. You are doing awesome and it looks awesome already!!! :)

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  3. It certainly seems achievable when broken down! Small goals... 💗👌
    Like you, I rarely print out anything now. Tablet screen and hand-sketched motifs work well.

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  4. I need to catch up too. Do you switch shuttles and if so where?

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    1. Yes. After the flower part, for the chains that join to the previous round and the two small in-between rings.

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    2. Great, that's where I thought, now back to tatting.

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  5. Interesting row! I think with enough practice it becomes a lot easier.

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  6. Gosh it's beautiful, I think you are doing great. I don't think I could every master something as delicate.

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  7. I am also tatting round 13. It goes faster than I thought. Probably thanks to the small rings between the flowers.

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  8. You're very fast, both in tatting and in sewing! Beautiful doily!

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