Courtship

 

    Sometimes there are patterns that are just fun to do. I have done these several times.

    Here we have Errol (white, snow dragon) courting his girlfriend. What? You didn't know the girl dragons are bigger? You haven't read "Guards! Guards!", have you? It's by my favorite author, Sir Terry Pratchett. There are 41 books in the Discworld series and this is from one of them. They are hilarious.

    The female dragon (forest dragon) is in size 20. The white is some sewing thread I had laying around, probably a size 100 or so. I have seen online that some do not know you can use regular split rings in place of the SSSR's. Your choice. I do the regular split rings.

    The pattern, if you don't know, is Flying Minor Norwegian Dragons, by Anne Bruvold. You can get it here: https://nuperelle.net/drager/monstre/MinidragerEng.pdf. There are also several other places it is available, such as Craftree. The pattern is free. Thank you Anne!

Only 2 Rounds To Go

 

    Only 2 more rounds to go. This is a pretty good sized doily, but then, I think all of Renulek's Spring Napkins are. That is one of the things I really like about them. I just finished round 16 of 18. The next 2 rounds are way more involved. Round 17 is similar to round 12. Round 18 is the last one and is decorative so as to be a closer. Right now, the doily is at 20.5 inches across. I did iron it so it would lay flat for it's portrait so I measured it. I expect it to be about 23 inches when I get done.

    I think my friend's mom will be pleased.

Spooky!!

 

    Ok. Challenge accepted. Jane Eborall graciously gave us the pattern to her Celtic Ferris Wheel. I had to try making it. Ever the rebel, when I saw required materials said size 20, I had to do it in King Tut thread. It came out ok. Not as precise as hers, but ok. I did try one change. The ring at the top of the spoke. I added picots and joins, thinking that might make them more stable. I am not sure it actually did, but it's done. I see a few that I got a bit too big, though. By the way, mine is 3 inches across. Nice pattern to work out. Thanks Jane.

    This morning I decided to post this, as I had just finished it last night. I took the photo, then checked her blog to get the name right. Great Caesar's ghost. She has a variation in almost the same colors! Is she watching me? Spooky!!