It never fails...you get a few days off...and then you get sick!
Or, at least, it never fails for me...maybe it's a way of punishing idleness... :)
Anyway, we had a really nice, REALLY lazy 8-day New Year's holiday, and mine actually extended to 10 with two sick days this week (it's just a cold, but a particularly nasty one and not one I decided to share with my colleagues). Between the sniffling and coughing and chain-drinking tea I've managed to get myself pretty far along in "Forty Tulips" (warning...the tulips need some blocking!)
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| 24 and Counting! :) |
If you're not sure exactly what I'm talking about, here's a closer view of the tulips...
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| It's the blue things...ok, I don't know that I see tulips there either, but my husband said he did, so what do I know? :) |
This was the same doily I was having tension troubles with last time I blogged...thankfully a good dunking and some tough love with stretching and pinning made it lay flat as a pancake:
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| It's amazing how different the colors look when wet! |
I was a little concerned about how enlongated the rings of the variegated trefoils got in the last row above until I took a closer look at the picture of the doily in the book:
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| Totally elongated...so, nbd |
I'm really enjoying this pattern, particularly because I think it is the most challenging pattern I've ever completed...the last row (the tulips) use two shuttles, and you have to constantly switch which shuttle you're using to make it turn out right. It's actually been a good pattern to work on while not feeling well because it hasn't gotten boring or mindless, and takes my mind off not feeling well. :)
I've also continued with Day 2 of
Jane's TIAS:
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| Mine didn't turn right... |
I'm guessing it's the back end of a helicopter...I bet I'm wrong, though! :) I'm very proud, though, I've never joined on the second half of a split ring...but I got it right on the first try! :)
Your mat is going to look lovely, I look forward to seeing it when you have finished it.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the join on the split ring.
Hope you are feeling better
Margaret
Thanks Margaret! The doily is done now, I'm just waiting for an iron to fall out of the sky or the gumption to block it. We'll see which arrives first! :) am feeling better now, it took almost a week! :)
DeleteI cannot believe how far your shuttle tatting ability has come in such a short time! That doily is just beautiful. And, yes, blocking can make many tension problems take a back seat. I don't ever post a picture pre-blocking. I am v. critical of my own tatting and it looks like a jumble of threads to me before blocking.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots and lots of viruses circulating right now. If everyone who got symptoms stayed home, they would not circulate so well. I hope you are better very soon.
Linda
Thank you very much Linda! You are very kind! :) I am feeling better, finally--still a little sniffly, but overall a vast improvement!
DeleteI can see the tulips because of the three petals, I like how they double up every so often, that makes it less boring when doing doily rounds! I wonder about your helicopter thing, some one else thought it was a reptile leg, I wonder if you have been to too many airports ha ha! And with Jane we wont know for a little while longer huh.
ReplyDeleteYou may be on to something--maybe all my travel has put flying things on my mind! I'm off again for a few days next week, maybe my brain is anticipating the jet lag! ;)
DeleteI'm with StringyDogs... I cannot believe how much you have progressed since picking up the shuttles. The mat is looking splendid!
ReplyDeleteFox. : )
Oh, Fox, thank you! I just have so many wonderful online teachers and cheerleaders! how could I not improve? :)
DeleteBeautiful doily. Love the bright colors. Yes, the tulip is a bit of a stretch, but not as much of a stretch as the trefoils!! : ) Your TIAS is also lovely.
ReplyDeleteBwahahahahaha your comment made me laugh and then cough, but it was worth it! Very "punny"! :)
DeleteHope you are feeling better. I love your colour choices that blue is pretty. I tatted this doily last year and it does block into shape and is very pretty when finished.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Frances, I am feeling better---tea, tissues, time and tatting...that's the cure for the common cold! :)
DeleteYour doily is looking wonderful!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! hopefully I will have the time/inclination to show the finished product soon! :)
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