Friday 21 June 2019

first doily pattern

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Repetition Doily / Snood
pattern pdf (click to download)
Please scroll down for an Update

Remember the doily/snood I was trying to design out of a mistake? Well, it’s all done, including the pattern writing! In size 40 Anchor, it measures 7 inches in diameter.

 

 
Continuing the design story …. I completed the final round with long twisted picots instead of simple double picots. I like how they arch and are sturdy, giving a sense of finality.

I wanted a relatively open center, hence tried a basic spirographic filling – like in string art. A quick trial above looked fine, and I was going to stabilize the long threads with another single round of beige in the center. I had even tacked the doily on fabric in an embroidery hoop! After several days I snipped it off..... 
 
… and this was the result ! A star is born ;-D
I overcame the odd number in previous round (15) by skipping 2 picots and joining to every 3rd picot, thus resulting in the star shape.

 
But those free picots bothered me and I snipped off both central rounds replacing those 2 picots with a long double picot parallel to the star curves! 
Double picots also follow the thematic repetition of outer brown rounds. Star remained the same.
Tadaa !!!


UPDATE (July 2019): This doily has long measured picots which are Functional. The pattern gives picot sizes for Anchor size 40, but what if one wants to use a different thread size?
I worked a short chain with same thread and found that a 7mm picot is equal to the width of 7 double stitches! And so on. Easy to remember and convert.
Just substitute 1mm tall picot with 1ds width.

While picots are normal throughout, the long picots differ in length in each round and a picot gauge is required. I have included the gauge requirement for each round in the pattern.

Each round in this doily is worked separately with shuttle and ball and easy elements. Writing/presenting the pattern was a tough ask! It took me days and days to simplify it as best as possible since the working sequence of the 9 rounds is not a regular order from small to large or in to out.
Jane McLellan kindly and quickly ran her eye through the final presentation with valuable feedback. She is my reliable go-to "glazometer" (((Thank You)))! 
I hope you enjoy the pattern. It is my first complete doily pattern that I have completed and written. My first - Aspiration Doily still awaits that day ;-D 

16 comments:

  1. The unusual structure is very clearly explained, kudos. I do like the centre star, it could be used in other ways too perhaps.

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    1. Yes, the star - I forgot to take a pic of the cut-off one, Jane. I will definitely be using it/pattern somewhere soon 😄
      Thanks again, Jane💗💗💗

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  2. It’s a wonderful first doily pattern with interesting construction. Thank you for sharing :)

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    1. Thanks, Robin 💗 The designing sequence is all over the place, but I've tried to rework the sequence logically in the pattern 😄

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  3. Kudoos! Well tatted and well written!

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  4. Well done👍 love the star and yes there are times when you just have to measure the picots💖
    Love the star and if used for a snood it's important to not have too many open spaces for bits of hair to fall through. 💐

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    1. Carollyn, the snood function is exactly why I finally snipped off the center and went with tatting! You are absolutely right.
      One thing I forgot was to give the measure of the picots in ds width so that it becomes easily adapted to any thread size.

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  5. Congratulations for your first doily pattern! 👏👏👏🌹

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  6. So awesome!!! :) I really love the star in the center!! :)

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    1. Thanks, Sue 💗 I hope to use it in a future snowflake or something 😀

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  7. Beautiful pattern thank you for sharing it

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  8. Eeeeeeek!!! Exciting things have happened while I was away!! I can't get enough of this doily and look forward to working the pattern when I get time. Thanks so much for writing it down and sharing with us.
    The star in the center adds such a nice detail, And with your coloring it makes me think of ripples going out. Or maybe light rays coming from the star.

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    1. It is so great to see one's design through the eyes of others, Emily! Now that you describe it, yes, that effect does appear :-)))
      I will be adding the length of long picots across double stitches so that any thread size can be used not just 40. I keep forgetting ...

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