Repairs Done

    Yesterday I showed you how I was taking out the stitches for the chain that was broken. I actually took out the rings on either side also. When I had backed up enough, I had 4 to 6 inches of thread for each, ball and core. That way I had enough to be able to join and sew in tag ends. Next, I joined new threads and tatted new rings and chains. I don't think it turned out too bad.

    After I got the new rings and chains I was able to continue working the round I am actually on. The left-most ring of the 3 is where the picot had broken. Now I am across the other two as well.  It took a little work, but I sure didn't want to have to tat that light blue round all over again!

    While I was making my repairs, my brother, who lives in West Virginia, was out on his motorcycle on a beautiful day. He stopped at Hawk's Nest State Park and took this photo of the New River. Just thought you might like to see it.

 

 

 

Repairs

     Don't you just hate it when you are cruising along, albeit slowly, and you find a major problem? I am finally feeling a bit better and so I went back to work on the blue doily. I was working the dark blue when I needed to join to the light blue. I tried to find the joining picot but had a little problem. Somehow, that picot thread was cut or split. Now I have to do a repair on the previous round, the light blue. 

    First things first. Undo the dark blue far back enough to give me good access to it, cut the chain where the light blue thread are already split and back up either side enough to be able to join new threads in, then re-tat that part. then I can go back to the dark blue and continue. This may take a while...

    I wonder how that got cut. Maybe while I was in the hospital?