Sunday, August 28, 2016

The Monsterpiece Doily, Round 12: Complete. Finally!

Well, I did it. I finally finished round 12 of the Monsterpiece Doily. It took a lot of perseverance on my behalf to get through it. I'm really glad I'm finished with this round. I'm so tired of cream coloured thread. I'm glad I get to use a different colour for a while. I haven't done much else besides tatting since my last post. I've done some crochet, but nothing I can share right now. Hopefully soon though. I'm not going to bore you with a really long post, though hopefully I'll make progress on the next round much quicker and can post more often again.

Not much to say here. Here is the doily as of Friday afternoon:


I looked back through my blog and realized it has taken me about four months to finish this round. That did include a short hiatus, but that is a long time. I'm also pretty sure I will be coming up to the one year mark soon too. That is, of course, when I first started this monster of a doily. While I'm by no means in the homestretch yet, I think I can see the end on the horizon. I have started the next round, but that was mainly to test my written notes. Thread stats: Manuela no. 20 colour #a055. Oh, and the doily is 20 inches in diameter. I remembered to measure it.


That's about it for now. I recently transferred to a new department at work which has partly affected my crafting times. I now have a few shifts per week that start as early as 5 am. That takes some time to get used to. I have a day off tomorrow, so I'll probably go downtown and catch Pokemon by the river. Yeah, I joined that bandwagon too! I'll try and get some tatting in as well. Till next time.

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9 comments:

  1. It's is beautiful Jeff, and interesting how it take most of us a year give or take a month no matter what lifestyle and job you have. Thanks for finding that pattern in cyber space :)

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  2. Well done on finishing the row, sometimes slow is better than fast and making mistakes that have to be unpicked and re done, in the end the slow do catch up with the fast hare.
    It looks lovely so far, keep up the good work

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  3. I remember that round seemed to take forever! It looks wonderful. Have you decided which color will come next?

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  4. Well done for completing this round, it doesn't mater how long it takes, all worth the effort in the end as it looks great

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  5. Don't worry how long it takes, I don't even know what round I am on, but I will finish some day. Love your colors.

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  6. Congrats, Jeff! It is gorgous!

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  7. Well done, Jeff. Beautiful choices an placement of colours.
    I am still at Round 7 with a third more of the round to finish. This doily is not top priority, so I may finally take one year to finish mine.

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  8. It is absolutely gorgeous.What a trooper you are.

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