Sunday, February 22, 2009

At last!


I finished "Springtime" from The Tatter's Treasure Chest, edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep yesterday morning. I had to stretch and pin this one into place because it was not anywhere near being flat! The pattern says that using size 20Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Best Six Cord Mercerized Crochet, the doily will measure 7". Mine's a whopping 8 1/2"!

On the last round, I made a mistake on one of the chains, and there are places where I got lazy and tatted over too many threads, making for extra thick rings. Still, I'm happy with this one. One of the best things I learned from tatting this doily, is that I can read and follow old patterns!

As you can see, I used my handy dandy little Clovers to tat this one, using Lizbeth size 20 thread from Handy Hands. This ball was from the original batch that was kind of twisty. I didn't notice it too much while I was tatting, but when I started blocking the doily, I noticed that an awful lot of my rings were not completely closed. I look forward to receiving my new Lizbeth threads so that I can tat this one again!

The is #10 for the 25 Motif Challenge.

11 comments:

  1. Your doily is lovely. Who can account for size? The original tatter of the pattern probably had much tighter tension that you do and that's okay.
    I love the Tatter's Treasure Chest! I am lucky enough to have happened upon three original Coat's booklets that the Tatter's Treasure Chest is edited from. I found them at an antique store in Las Vegas one year. I was surprised when I got them home to find they were the same patterns as in that book, LOL! I wasn't the least bit disappointed for getting them, tho.

    You did beautiful work on your doily! :)

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  2. It is beautiful Diane. You did a great job. This is one of my favorite books!

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  3. It looks wonderful -- Almost makes me want to go rummage around in my books and dig that one out. BUT, then I think about those old-style patterns and pull out my Niebach books again...

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  4. Lovely....that's a good size anyway so I wouldn't care how big it came out....It's wonderful. Hugs, Linda

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  5. You did a wonderful job of it!chessess

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  6. This is SOOO gorgeous Diane. From my point of view I can see no mistakes with it. It is simply lovely!

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  7. Wonderful work Diane. The doily looks beautiful.

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  8. Wow! This doily has such a delicate look! Beautiful!

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  9. I adore this book and have done many of the patterns. What I have noticed is that we are our own most fierce critics! Don't be so hard on yourself, Diane, it looks absolutely lovely!

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  10. Wow, what a beautie you have done. Very well done.

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