Half-Circles!
This week I’m getting started on the next part of the tea cloth from Priscilla #2. Â This section: Â Half-circles. Â These half circles are the space fillers between the larger motifs of round 4. Â Surprisingly, I didn’t have to make many changes to the pattern as written. Â The only difference was that the original pattern called for 4 stitches between the rings of the half circle part and I did 2. Â Could be this is because of the changes I made in earlier rows. Â Could be just another effect of the smaller joining picots of modern tatting, but it was an easy change and seems to have worked.
7 more of these and then I’ll tackle the oblong motifs that surrond this center part of the tea cloth. Â I suspect there will be lots of changes involved in these motifs, mostly because the directions are so vague and incomplete. Â Also, it calls for ridiculously long chains between the rings and I just can’t see how that’s going to work. Â I’ve started on the next “real” version of the tea cloth, but haven’t really made enough progress for a picture. Â Maybe I’ll have something more substantial in the next couple days. Â Here’s one more picture of the half circle that better shows their placiment in the piece.