Doily progress

I go the first round finished and am working on #2!

Easy Picot Gauge!

This morning I started the first round on my doily and there are Reverse work rings and a ton of picots. So I needed a way to measure and make sure that they were all the same size because I'm not that good and winging it yet. I took an old gift card and cut it to different widths (S, M, L, XL), then punched a hole in the top and fastened them all on a paper clip. "Necessity is the mother of invention!"

"Miracle" Doily

Here is round one of my doily

I'm pretty sure that the chain should be 4-4-4-4-4-4. Thank you Sara!!!

FINISHED!!

Here is my finished hankie! it looks so nice!

I've started a doily but am having a bit of difficulty reading that pattern. The chain for the inner round reads: C4x5. Does that mean four ds between 5 picots or 5 ds between 4 picots?!? i can't tell from the picture because it's a copy. The pattern in on page 77 from the book Tatting patterns and designs by Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson. It's on that i borrowed from Sara. Anyone have any thoughts???

Just keep tatting...

Our tatting 2 class got canceled yesterday so i have another week to finish my hankie. I only have about 6'' to go! My fellow tatting friend Sara (http://currentlytatting.blogspot.com/) lent me a couple of books that i made copies from so I've started a large doily. I'll keep my blog updated as I finish that. But nothing else to report...
Tatting all the way!
~Allison

Almost done with the hankie!

I'm wrapping up my hankie edging so I can bring it to class on Sunday. It looks really nice! I tried a ornament pattern that I got off the Internet and it ended up being too big for the ornament I bought. I can't tell how big my ornaments are because I measured them and the diameter came out way too big. I'll see if my knowledgable friends can't help me out! I got the ornaments on sale at Hobby Lobby for $.49!!! Gotta love after Christmas sales!! I'll keep you posted!
Later!