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Showing posts with label handkerchief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handkerchief. Show all posts

26 June 2011

Edging Accomplished

Ahh, bliss. I've finally completed tatting my hanky edging and sewed it on. Looks good I think.

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...

Leaf Braid in Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Kornior
Hmm, not sure I like the variegated thread for edgings...

Anyhow, hope you've had a good weekend.
XOXO