Why did I take so long to finish this? Well, the usual... had to retro-tat quite a bit because I keep miscounting, and the thread's rather tiny (#70!). That is one reason I feel the project is quite an accomplishment. By my standard temperament, I could have already thrown out the edging and ditched the idea a long time back, but it being my first tatted edging, I kept my cool and continued till the end.
Went looking for some hankies to tat more edgings (didn't I tell you this is addictive?!) last week and found two. Will probably start peeking in books for more patterns now that the first hanky is done. Meanwhile, I tried another pattern for fun and to sample its size...
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| Leaf Braid in Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Kornior |
Anyhow, hope you've had a good weekend.
XOXO
Trying again!! Not sure if my comment went through so here goes again. I wanted to say what a stunning hanky the white one is with that crisp white edging. I love it. Makes me want to do a white one now!!!
ReplyDeleteIt turned out beautifully! Well worth the wait.
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Beautiful! Congrats!
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I'm not quite sure when you started this edging, but it was already very impressive a few weeks ago when you said you were half-way done.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed how the corner exactly meets at the cloverleaf! This is beautifully done, and worth the 'patience'. I have rarely tatted with thread above size 50, so I admire you skill to work with it. In the meantime, you have done other things, so I think you tatted this pretty quickly!
It's lovely! Crisp, understated, and I love the pattern.
ReplyDeleteWow Valerie! That is beautiful. An amazaing amount of work - and a treasure as well!
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Congrats Val!! It is a simply beautiful edging and compliments the hanky very well.
ReplyDeleteI love the edging on the hankie.
ReplyDeleteYour hanky is absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. Your hanky looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat is just beautiful! What a nice job! I need to make some more hanky edgings! WOW!
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