Tatting woes

 

I was doing so well with round 13 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2025, until today. I had a couple of days when I wasn't feeling the best, so I didn't work on the doily. Today I felt ready to proceed, and I did proceed with confidence... until I reached then end of the 7th pattern repeat. It just didn't line up. 

I kept looking to see what I had done wrong. It took me about five minutes to realize that I had joined to a chain instead of the base of the last floral motif. I could have cut the thread and re-tatted, but I didn't want to take the chance that I'd run out of thread. So, I spent four and a half hours un-tatting. It wasn't truly four and half hours. I did go out to pick up a prescription, and Mom and I stopped at the grocery store for a few items. Still, it was four and half hours from when I identified the problem to when I was satisfied that I had joined correctly.

I think I'll stop for today. I don't want to risk making another mistake!

My sister Janet is down visiting for the weekend. Recently, we had talked about adding tatting to our bejeweled trees. While I wasn't feeling up to following a pattern over the past couple of days, I did a little doodle tatting around knitting stitch markers.

The stitch markers are ones that Mom no longer wanted. I did find it very relaxing to add tatting to them without following a pattern. I have several balls of thread with just a small amount left, so I'm just going to keep on doodling!

5th repeat

 

Despite having multiple errands to run today, as well as supervising lunches at school, I found the time to complete the 5th pattern repeat on round 13 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2025.

Tomorrow looks like it will be another busy day, but I'm going to do my best to finish another repeat!

Half way around

 

It has taken a while, but I've finally reached the halfway point of round 13. I think it's look great, and if I took two hours a day to work on my doily, I could have had this round finished in just eight days. All it takes is focus!

Granny stitch

 

I really thought I'd get around to tatting today, but it wasn't to be. We had quite a few chores to do around the house, and it was just easier to pick up my crocheting and work a granny stitch section in green on my newest afghan when I felt like taking a break.

Maybe I'll have time to tat tomorrow!

Starting another

 

I was still in the mood to crochet today, so I started another afghan. I'm using Inger Soto's 12 Step Sampler Blanket for inspiration, however I am not following the row by row pattern. Instead, I'm using the stitch patterns that appeal to me and working the pattern for one skein of yarn. Some stripes will be smaller as I'm using some partial skeins of yarn.

The blue stripe is half-double crocet. The light grey stripe is Sand Stitch. The red stripe is Cross Stitch. 

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day, but I'm hoping to get some time to tat!

Finished!

 

I just finished my scrappy afghan, and I love it! It's 50" wide and 70" long, much longer than needed for me. I'm 5' 4". Our school superintendent is retiring next year, and he's about 6' 4", so I'm thinking of saving it as a retirement present for him. However, I might change my mind!

Lots of crochet time

I've spent a lot of time crocheting for the past two days. I finished another cowl, which I have tucked away for next year.

Of course the leftovers went into my scrappy afghan. It's coming along nicely, with only 6" left to go. I think I'll achieve my goal of finishing the afghan this week!