Never let it be said that I tat a pattern correctly the first time.
Case in point... Fox's "Heart for Misha." I was so excited about my doodads arriving, I sat down and started tatting using the first doodad package I laid my hands on. See the heart on the left? I made a mistake. How is it possible to make a mistake while looking at a diagram? I have no idea, but I managed to do it!
I did not feel like retro-tatting, so I tried to make the best of it. It's okay, but not nearly as pretty as the heart tatted the way Fox intended it (heart on the right). Of course, maybe that's because the heart on the right uses the same doodad as in Fox's picture.
I think I may have miscounted the stitches in the large ring at the bottom. Luckily, I have some more doodads to play with!
P.S. ~ I ordered my doodads from Fire Mountain Gems, a very dangerous place to shop! ;-)
Case in point... Fox's "Heart for Misha." I was so excited about my doodads arriving, I sat down and started tatting using the first doodad package I laid my hands on. See the heart on the left? I made a mistake. How is it possible to make a mistake while looking at a diagram? I have no idea, but I managed to do it!
I did not feel like retro-tatting, so I tried to make the best of it. It's okay, but not nearly as pretty as the heart tatted the way Fox intended it (heart on the right). Of course, maybe that's because the heart on the right uses the same doodad as in Fox's picture.
I think I may have miscounted the stitches in the large ring at the bottom. Luckily, I have some more doodads to play with!
P.S. ~ I ordered my doodads from Fire Mountain Gems, a very dangerous place to shop! ;-)
