I wasn’t gonna …

I wasn’t going to tat a large doily this year, but I did

I wasn’t going to tat a 4^th Renulek doily, but I did

I wasn’t going to post these rounds till after completion, but I did

I wasn’t going to begin the last round now, but I did

I Was going to have Fun, which I Did, YAY !!!!

Renulek’s Wiosna 2016  Rounds 13-16

A doily tat-along by Renulek

Reason I am posting these 4 penultimate rounds is that I finally found what I wanted to do with the last round & I’m hoping it will deserve a post all to itself ;-) Will start tatting the last round this very evening.

Round 13 -  14¼" in size 40 thread

I loved this round ! And it finally unruffled the previous work, too. Used reverse stitch (direct tatting) for the chains & it went pretty fast, switching shuttles.

I'd forgotten to take pics of this round & was well into the next round before remembering. Hence, not blocked or ironed.

The 20 gm ball of size 40 thread got over after this round.

Round 14 - 15¾" in size 40

 Techniques involved 2 shuttles since there were thrown rings.

Climbed out to next round with split chain & split ring.

I like the scrolling effect. 

Round 15 – >17” in size 40

This round took much longer than I thought.

I tatted first half of the round using reverse stitch for chains; then I switched to reverse work. Both worked well.

Round 16 – 19” in size 40
A very very quick & enjoyable tat , probably because of lack of picots !!!! And a very pretty round, too, with the layered rings.

I ran out of threads many times in this round (once because I accidentally picked up a short length of ball thread) & I used different ways to make optimum use of the last lengths ....

Twice, I made the last ring a SCMR ; once I switched to reverse stitch for the short chain length ; in the last stretch, I had enough thread in one shuttle, so instead of a lock join, I used Reverse Join to switch shuttles - no need for that visible SLT !!!

Since it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, this round hasn't been blocked or ironed either. I simply laid it out & took the pics.

In Conversation 

I must apologize for not being able to respond to your lovely comments (I wasn’t expecting any) in my previous post – they are very much appreciated & I will respond when my internet link starts to work nicely again – it’s going in fits & starts – loooong fits & short starts ! Will also be able to bloghop again, hopefully very soon.

happy tatting :-)

Related Posts : 

Rounds 1-3 ; Round 4 ; Rounds 5-6 ; 

Round 7-8 ; Rounds 9-10 ; 

Round 11 ; Round 12