Monday, September 12, 2011

Bonny Baiduri - A Beguiling First Attempt!

#18 Motif Challenge

Jon's 'Baiduri'

I realized too late how insipid the colours are. My taste in colours has gone through quite a transformation in the last year. I am not as enamoured with pastels as I have been in the past.

This was a terrific pattern for me - simple and straightforward.  I had NO trouble with it at all. Also, I used Cebelia for the white - #20 - and it felt like rough string after all the thinner threads I have become used to.

However, I am now tatting another of Jon's patterns from the Snowflake book in Finca #16, and after the Cebelia, it is like working with a  spider-web , all tiny with nearly  invisible stitches.  

There is no middle ground I suppose.  I think  Lizbeth #40 is the compromising and agreeable size.  This is not good news for my bank account...  : ))

9 comments:

  1. Nicely done, Fox!!

    Hey, I know what you mean about compromising thread gauges... and I definitely can understand how it doesn't agree with bank accounts! Been there, done that! (Still there, actually)

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  2. Mmm-hmmm, despite my already vast collection of threads, I am still waiting for the Thread Fairy to visit me and leave more... what do I have to do to get her attention, anyway?

    Funny, I was just thinking what pretty, delicate colors they are. Certainly not what I'd like to work with all the time, but using pale colors once in a while can make a refreshing change.

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  3. Your Bairduri looks so delicate and crisp - a vision of loveliness. I sigh sweetly every time I see it. Great job!

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  4. This one turned out beautiful. The white goes fine with the pastels and also the green beads.
    Petra

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  5. I like the colors! Even though I tend towards color with flash sometimes, if this is going on a tree, white shows up better. Many of the other colors get lost in the greenery. (could be a silver or white tree though!)

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  6. This is beautiful. Hmmm...you might be tatting this one over and over again just to see different colors. Happy Tatting...

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  7. The colors look so soft, but I guess that's what pastels are supposed to do! I do enjoy tatting with size 40. I don't worry about the bank account, although I should. I keep thinking... you can't take it with you! : )

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  8. Beautiful, lovely sof colours and beads, simply beautiful.
    well done
    Maargaret

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