Belinda Spence put up a challenge in the facebook group Tatting the Australian Way. https://www.facebook.com/groups/847655165276159/ It was a free pattern and anyone could participate. Well....it LOOKED easy enough. But it actually has a more than usual level of concentration required, as we pretty much all found out! First attempt and I made the rookie mistake of thinking it was a rock along easy pattern so I used Alenalea Rako HDT...... and suffered the consequences. After attempt number 1.... after cutting out a repeat of the pattern because I joined in the wrong place (twice),I ended up untatting 9 rings in an attempt to not run out of thread. THIS is what I had left! This was the result of the first attempt. Really love Lea's HDT. Withstands unpicking beautifully and always feels great to tat with. So I decided to try it again..... This time with Altin Basak 50 in red and Butterfly gold thread Version 3 was a breeze. A couple of small unpicks and swearing at the fraying L...
Gorgeous! I really do need to get that Mary Konior book ....
ReplyDeleteI love this motif! I think I might have to break out my Mary Konior book again!
ReplyDeleteYour work is so yummy.
ReplyDeleteAfter viewing your AMAZING slideshow, I feel that you are already on the THIRD round of the 25 Motif Challenge! Please show and describe these pieces in your blog, and how you came to make them. (Most of my posts so far have been about things I made in the past.)
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed with your lovely tatting, and the big projects you have completed in only six years. Such exquisite doilies! I have yet to make one 'large' doily after 20 years!
And this Masquerade motif is shown off beautifully with the luminescent quality of the Manuela thread. Wonderful tatting and great photo!
I dug out the pattern. It is really lovely. Another must-tat. Thanks for showing it so beautifully!
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It looks really pretty, Liyarra! :)
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