Renulek's Wiosna Doily - I

Wiosna 2015 Tat-Along*
Designer : Renulek 
Rounds 1-9

*(click for her version) 

Those who have been diligently following my journey through this gorgeous pattern, are aware of how much I learned & applied tatting wisdom compiled by generations , my experiments with colours,  And tatting technique options ; know the dilemmas I faced, especially the last 2 rounds. I sought advice on the decisions to take at this crossroad, & you willingly & wisely suggested 2 main paths. 

I shelved the doily for many weeks, grazing in newer tatting pastures.

I was finally jolted out of my lethargy of stalled progress by 3 in-work project images (1 on Craftree & 2 blog posts), All within 24 hours !!! Was it a sign ?! I took it as one :-)

Since I haven’t yet shared pics after each round, on my blog, here’s each leg of the journey (with close ups of the later rounds) .... Click on any pic for larger images.

Renulek’s  Wiosna  Doily  2015
Round*	Colour (AMC 20) Bobbin loads in brackets **	Techniques used	Finished size ; Width of individual round	Comments
* All bold coloured words are direct links   ** 1 bobbin load holds approx. 6.6 m or 7.2 yards of size 20 thread     Joining picots in most rounds were small as per instructions.
Round 1	SH1 cream ( 1 )  SH2 beige ( ½ )	FS/BS tatting  Decorative picot  Thrown Ring, LJ	>3” / 8cm	Makes a lovely  coaster/medalliion
Round 2	SH1 pink (1½ )  SH2 pink (1)	FS/BS tatting  Lock Join	5” / 13cm ;  ~ 1½” wide	Details of   Rnds 1-5
Round 3	SH1 beige (1½ )  SH2 beige (1)	FS/BS tatting	<6½” / 16cm ;  ½” wide
Round 4  &  Round 5	Rnd 4  SH1 maroon (4½)  SH2 maroon (2½)  Rnd 5  SH  cream (3)	FS/BS tatting  SSSR ; anchoring vsp  for petals & Rnd 4 long  chains .  Decorative picots	>10” / 26cm ;  2” wide  With Rnd 5:  11½” / 29cm ;  Each flower 1”	Flower motifs of Rnd 5  were made First &  joined while tatting  Rnd 4.
Round 6	SH1 pink (3)  SH2 beige (3)	FS/BS tatting  decorative picot  Thrown Ring  An “SLT join”	12½” / 32cm ;  1¼” wide	Colours switched for  segments, not for  elements .  6 segments each
Round 7	SH1 pink  SH2 beige	FS/BS tatting  decorative picot  Floating Ring  An “SLT join”  Lock Join	14½” / 37cm ;  ¾” wide	Elaine’s Reverse Join  would’ve been ideal to  switch colours  between segments.  Details of Rnd 6-7
Round 8	SH1 black (1)  SH2 black (1)	FS/BS tatting  anchoring vsp for long  chains.	16¼” / 41cm ;  ¾” wide	Details of Rnd 8-9
Round 9	SH1 cream (5)  SH2 cream (5)	FS/BS tatting  Directional tatting  Decorative picots  Slip & Roll join  Lock Join	18” / 46cm ;  1” wide	15 repeats in 2 full  bobbin loads. Various ways of tatting Rnd 9 detailed here
Round 10	SH1 black (1)  SH2 beige (2)	FS/BS tatting  Floating rings  Decorative picots	20” / 50cm ;  2” wide	Details of Rnds 10-11
Round 11	maroon (8)  CTM 3½ repeats.  maroon (6)  black (4)	FS/BS tatting  Decorative picots,  SLT,  Cluny Tatting	22” or 24” ;  2” wide	Picots eliminated –  only 1 per chain
muskaan (2015)

I will continue the last leg of this journey in the next post.

Thanks & hugs to all for being so patient & supportive

Related Posts : Collecting Wisdom (Rnds 1-5)

Experimenting with Colours (Rnds 6-7)

and options (Rnds 8-9)

and decisions

at crossroads
The Reveal (Rnds 10-11)

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I have uploaded the pattern & diagram for the Tails & Charms used in Robin’s Frauberger Bookmark (on request by GS). Although I have updated the post (and also added another picture showing the bookmark with a Single tail), the title here is also a direct link to the pdf. 

Related Posts : Tails of Bookmarks

Robin's Frauberger Bookmark

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happy tatting :-)