Serweta 1 Round 9 Done

    Finally. At last. I thought I had to make 24 of the motifs for this round. No, it was 25! I finally have them done. It took a little while because of things going on. I was in the hospital for 4 days. I demonstrated tatting to all the nurses! Yes, this doily. I did several of the motifs while I was there. I have been home a couple weeks now and finally got them done this morning.

 

    The doily measures 9" across at this point. I have 2 more rounds to go. I don't think those will take nearly as long. Making the motifs meant I had to join each separately. That also meant 50 tails to sew in. It wasn't really that bad. You make one, sew the 2 ends. Make another, sew the 2 ends. I will recommend one thing, though. Most of the motifs I started with the first 2 clover sections, then joined the 3rd, 4th and 5th to the doily.  For the last one, I started with what was the 2nd, or outermost, clover, then joined the next 4. Why? Because it was easier to to the last join. The last join on all of them is a folded join. This one was easy because that clover was not attached to the rest of the doily, so to speak. It made it simple.

    Why was I in the hospital? Something I never heard of called cellulitis. They said it is a staph infection. I know it spread up my leg fast. I was on antibiotic IV for 4 days then home with antibiotic. I have another week to take them, but the staph is gone. It just left a big place on my leg that was a blister, so to keep it from getting infected while it heals, more pills. Oh, well. Orders are keep the leg elevated. Guess what I am doing in the recliner!