Monday, January 2, 2017

The New Project

    Remember the balls of thread I bought? Well, I can't resist any more. I have to start playing with them. I have the first 2 rounds done, not that much really, and I have the third started. I will be working on it today. (Instead of working on the TAT program, hehe.)
    What is it? Well, I don't want to give it away just yet. Perhaps you already know. I will say that there is a diagram and a photo and that they do not match. I will follow the photo. The diagram has enough information to let me get the stitch count anyway.
    See the experiment for double rings? I suppose that is as good a name as any, unless someone knows the "proper" term. This is what the experiment was for. It's working pretty well so far.
    I will work more on this today and post more on it as I go. It will not be fast. I am using 2 shuttles and the thread is size 80 Lizbeth. Black is hard to see. I am glad that there is not really a lot of black, though this part has about 9 rounds. The original pattern calls for DMC and Anchor but I could not find the colors in DMC that were listed, so I did a compare as best as I could and substituted. I hope that size 80 DMC and size 80 Lizbeth are pretty close to the same, though, as long as I stay with one or the other, I should be ok.

This project is definitely going to take a while.
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7 comments:

  1. Jane McLellanJanuary 2, 2017 at 9:26 AM

    It looks similar at this stage to one I did from the Teiko book, but the centre is different. I look forward to watching your progress.

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  2. Madtatter80January 2, 2017 at 10:42 AM

    It is beautiful 😄

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  3. God's KidJanuary 2, 2017 at 10:46 AM

    That is an absolutely stunning start!!! :)

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  4. MichelleJanuary 2, 2017 at 10:50 AM

    Looks great so far, I did the Teiko one too and it's similar.

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  5. picotsnkeysJanuary 5, 2017 at 9:25 AM

    Looking good so far! I'm glad you didn't let thread choice slow you down. Personally, size 80 is just too fine for me to work with long term. I much prefer 40, or even 20, although size 10 is too bulky for my hands as I age. Keep working on the TAT patterns. Some were a struggle for me, but it really did improve my tatting and the accomplishment seems to carry weight with non-tatters.

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    1. Tim KaylorJanuary 5, 2017 at 10:51 AM

      Well, thread is thread. I don't care for 10 because it feels like rope. I don't mind 20 or thinner though. Lately I have been playing with Sulky and that is about a size 60. If I know how to tat it doesn't seem to matter, the stitch is the same. What is difficult right now is black. It is just hard to see.

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