Thursday, April 26, 2012

Windmills Doily, Take Two

I'm still here. I've just been quiet. I have been tatting, in case you are wondering. I just haven't had anything to show you until now. And it's not technically finished yet, but I couldn't wait any longer. You also may have noticed that I haven't posted any chainmaille in a while too. That's because sales have come to a standstill. I think there are just too many people selling chainmaille on Etsy now. I have thought about moving to another site, but I don't think that will help. Some people are selling their jewelry way too cheaply-some are slightly over my calculated materials costs. So as items expire, I am removing items that have never sold before. I won't shut down the shop entirely, it doesn't take much effort if nothing sells. No pity sales, please. I've been working a lot of extra hours at my real job lately, so I'm not really losing anything here.

You may remember that I started another doily using Mary Konior's Windmills motif (from the NOT out of print book Tatting With Visual Patterns), made out of size 10 DMC Cebelia thread. Yeah, I don't remember either-I mentioned it here. Well a year plus later here is the result:


Currently it is about 9 inches (22.8 cm) in diameter. Since this is the one for me I am going to make it oval shaped. I am also going to add the edging that most of you didn't think it needed. Hopefully this won't take that long. I started working on this after my last post and made five of the seven motifs pictured. I haven't done as much tatting this week as I would have liked. I was preparing supper last Saturday, and was a little careless and ended up cutting one of my fingers. I didn't think it would affect my tatting as much as it did-it was my left middle finger. But since I hold my tatting a little different, it made a big difference. It is healing quite nicely and I have been tatting over the past couple days. Not a lot, but still, I was tatting. I have to finish tatting the seventh motif, then I have three more to go. I will post again when I have completed them.

That's about it for now. Hopefully I will post again sooner rather than later. I am hoping to get this done fairly quickly. Then I can decide if I will make the other Windmills doily oval too or leave it round. I can also determine if the edging round is the way to go too. Till next time.


11 comments:

  1. Lots of patience needed for that one! I have never tried ‘windmills’. Yours looks great.

    Hope the finger heals. Sounds as if you pulled a ‘Fox’ number! : )

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  2. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

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  3. looking good Jeff, I have enjoyed the chain maille you made for me. I wear the pendant almost every day. It has become a favorite. I get comments on it every now and then.

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  4. the doily's looking great! i might put it in my next to-tat list. thanks for showing it.

    hope your finger heals well and fast.

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  5. It's looking lovely, it's a lovely pattern and your doily will be a master piece.

    I hope your finger heals quickly.

    Margaret

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  6. Your doily is looking great, Jeff! Can you imagine how dizzying it would be in HDT? : )

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  7. Sorry about the cut- ouch! I've been doing the same doily- yours is lovely! I'm 20 motifs in, and recently realized that I made my first mistake- unfortunately, had to cut it out. And tragically, cut the wrong one, and in the process, cut another!! Lesson- wear my glasses and doublecheck- also, don't attempt this late at night. :)

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  8. I haven't tried 'windmills' yet--yours looks great!

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  9. Looks great to me how the wave goes from one into the other! Great job!

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  10. Very nice, Jeff. I really like it and I know how much work it is. Sorry about your cut finger. Hope it is well soon.

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