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Monday 3 November 2014

irregular

An irregular doily could be sign of several things.
- the tatter sporadically forgot to control herself, or to regulate thread tension or to read instructions (or all together)
- she suffers from indeciveness when it comes to colours
- she has been overwhelmed by too much techniques in that narrow area
- she worn her fingers out hiding too much ends with the needle (poor thing!)
- definitely you would say that she needed a second chance...


That grammar book in the picture was printed in 1954, I treasure it because of handnotes written by my father. Men in the picture joke with the word "irregular": man1: "what's irregular(wrong)?" man2: "spark plugs burned." (well, that's my best irregular translation!)

How do you finish ends?
I find this link very instructive: http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes/ends.html



UPDATE: the link to the pattern "Under an African Sky Doily" by Jane McLellan is here: https://janemactats.blogspot.com/2014/03/doily-pattern.html
Ciao,
Ninetta

24 comments:

  1. Wow, Ninetta, looks fantastic! I love the variety of animals. And I'm glad they haven't been forced into regularity!!

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    1. Thank you very much for the pattern, I love this doily!

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  2. Your doily is beautiful and I like the way you did the animals
    I am glad I made your day, your cross is lovely and the pattern is easy to follow thank you for sharing it.
    Margaret

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  3. Irregular? I think not! It's wonderful. : )

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    1. :) ty, I'm strict with myself but I know there are some flaws, like the rings that bend in the 5th round, or two twisted picots, and I should have joined some flowers front side. Next time!

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  4. Very pretty and thank you for the link...

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  5. Piękna serweta:)
    Pozdrawiam.

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  6. Looks fantastic, Ninetta! Well done.

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  7. Your doily looks wonderful!!! :)

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  8. Thank you very much Grace and Sue!

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  9. That doily is supposed to be irregular. Nothing is straight in nature! Well done!!

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  10. Thank you Tally, it's very kind of you!

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  11. I like the pastel pallette you chose. Irregular? No, just very beautiful! Congrats!

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  12. I sorry I missed this post it is very beautiful and love the tip at the end!

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  13. Such an interesting post 😃 Love your interpretation 💚

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    1. Thank you 🥰, thanks to Jane for the beautiful pattern

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  14. I printed Jane's Under an African Sky doily year's ago. Son #1 married a lovely lady from continental Africa (The Gambia). I should tat the Jane's doily for her. But, I need monkeys on the doily....Oh, Jane...

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  15. I love the vintage book! Great translation of Irregular!

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Thank you very much for all your nice comments.

Ciao
Ninetta