Tuesday, May 3, 2016

4th row with clover issues

Well we actually had an ok weekend, it was another busy one as well.  We worked a show at a local casino on Friday from 2:00pm till 2:00am doing sound for an 80s pop cover band.  They were really pretty good, monster players and they did the songs well. Its always a funner work night if the band doesn't suck.  Saturday we drove a few hours away to be able to see our nephew play basketball in a big tournament. Didn't get a ton of time to spend with the family but it was great to see them twice in less than a month.  I did learn on this trip that it is quite difficult to count tatting stitches if the road is bumpy and rough.  Most of the ride was very bumpy so I didn't get any tatting done. I had made up my mind to go ahead and do the next row in green and had hoped to try to get some tatting in.  I had already started on the row and it was beating me up.
Turns out this row pretty much beat me up the whole way around.  I could not seem to figure out how to do the clovers.  With each clover I tried to get it done in a different way hoping I would stumble across a way to make it look ok.  With each clover I kept thinking I may just have to cut that row off.  At one point I jointed a ring in the wrong spot and ended up breaking a thread trying to loosen it.  I have major problems with undoing rings. I almost always break a thread.  I am not sure what the problem is and what I am doing wrong but it is super frustrating.  This one was doubly frustrating because I was super close to being out of thread on my shuttle and I was within 3 rings of being completely done with the row.  Of course the thread that I broke was not the one that was out of thread. At this point I just decided to go ahead and finish off the row because judging from previous experience I know that if you cut motifs off picots the picots are stretched and look a bit funny. 


After this row I am not super happy with this doily. I never did find a good way to do the clovers.   I have taken a peek at the next row and I am quite concerned that this row is going to be a bit challenging as well.  It looks like I am going to have to concentrate on making the right joins and the right chains in the right place.  I am just going to have to jump in and try it because this row requires something to attach the clover to to make it lay correctly.  Wish me luck!!

5 comments:

  1. That 3-ring element isn't a real clover. The best way to tat this round is with two shuttles rather than ball and shuttle. You make the two inward-facing rings with your main shuttle, then drop that shuttle and form the top ring with the shuttle that is serving as your ball thread. You then go back to your main shuttle to tat the chains and rings until you get to the next three-ring element.

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    1. That is actually how I did that little element.Whhoo hoo! The top ring just seemed super floppy. The next row actually attached ok to that ring so it seems ok. Thank you so very much for the help.

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  2. Looks like you did very well for your first try!!! :) I also had trouble when I tatted this doily, but I am sure you will get it too!! :)

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    1. Awww that is super sweet of you! I believe I am going to have to try this doily again so I can make up for all the silliness of this one! :)

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  3. This is the doily pattern I'm working on as my WIP (Work-In-Progress) Wednesday. I'm on the final round. I'll try to get a picture of the entire doily into my next Wednesday post. I started it back in November, then set it aside to work on Christmas presents.

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