Monday, March 26, 2018

Renulek's Spring Napkin Round 9 Done

This is a simple round. At least you think so when you start it. But you find out quickly that it will be a challenge. No, it is not difficult. It is all rings and chains, nothing fancy. But the other day I was reading Jane McLellan's blog (here) and of course, she was right when she was saying the elements are not connected.That is the problem. When you reverse work, your thread tends to wrap around the loose elements in this round. One other thing to watch. As you reverse work from the clover, be sure the chain does not get twisted. I had to backtrack a few stitches two separate times to fix that.


So, yes the round is simple. But it's not.

6 comments:

  1. You're right, it's not as simple as it seems, I think I've reversed some of the trefoils when I tatted the following chain. I'm not going back, I hope they'll be held in place by the next round.

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  2. You might be able to twist them into place, I'm not sure. The next round wants to catch on the trefoils constantly, making round 10 a bit aggravating as well. It will be nice once it is done though.

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  3. This seems to be one of those rounds where I would've used direct tatting (unflipped stitches) on the chains and worked all from the front, clockwise.
    Nice work!

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  4. Thanks for the tip! When I get to that round, I'll know what to watch for. I will get there eventually!

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  5. Tim, it is looking so good and I'm glad you're ahead of me so I can try to avoid some of the headaches. Good tip Muskaan that makes sense.

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