What Round IS This?

     Last post I had finished round 8 of the Stawasz Doily 1. Now I have started on round ... er ... uh ... well, I am not sure. I think 9 comes after 8. The diagram shows VIII for the one I just finished. I see IX and X, but they come after this one. It seems the diagram did not label the last few correctly. Then, too, perhaps since this round is a series of 24 medallions added one at a time, they don't consider it a "round". Well, to me it is 9 and there will be 11 rounds.

     I have completed the first three medallions (24 required). They are about an inch across. The previous round finished at about 7 inches so this will make the doily 9 inches when the round is finished.In King Tut thread, this is still going to be a respectable 11 or 12 inches across. I did not expect it to be that big.

Serweta 1 Round 8

     I went to the monthly meeting of the Palmetto Tatters Guild yesterday. I got there first so I just sat and tatted until someone else showed up. Then I helped bring in the essentials and went back to tatting. We had a good time and there was even someone new to meet. I like to meet other tatters.
    The lesson was making a tatted elastic bracelet. I did not make that one. I just would not wear it and don't currently have anyone to give it to. I kept the pattern so I could do it later. What I did do was finish round 8 on the doily I have been working. Here is a photo. It is on a towel. I ironed it so the outer loops wouldn't twist.

    This doily has been slow. I am sure now that if I tat a lot my shoulder will let me know it was too much. I was right. I finished it off just after I got home and all night the shoulder kept me awake. It was worth it, though. Round 8 is done and now to round 9. I hope to post a picture of that soon. It is medallions around the outside of round 8. It will probably take a while.
    Serweta 1 is what the book calls it. I think serweta means doily in Polish. Google says tablecloth. Maybe it is a tablecloth. I am doing it in King Tut so the thread is tiny. In size 20 it will be a lot bigger. I did try translating it backwards. It seems that doily in Polish is serwetka. Perhaps K in the spelling is a diminuative, like "little tablecloth"? Here is one of the great things about tatting. It is international and you can learn new things about languages. I never let a language keep me from getting a new tatting book.