What do you think? Just like the cerebral muscle, is it not? Sigh. Oh
Vinnie, I have worked all weekend on this pattern! It IS working - paper clip and all, but it has not been easy!
The sad part is that I got only this far using that wonderful 'Corsage' thread, and then it was GONE! I tried so hard to make it last - SLT's galore, which made this dyslexia-challenging pattern murder for me to tat, and in the end, I ran out anyway! There were about six false starts - no wonder I ran out.
Though the thread is gorgeous, there are many mistakes in it, which I have corrected in the teal one, which is not half as dramatic, even though it is tatted with much more finesse.
You can see the difference in the sizes of the two threads. There are four repeats in the teal and only three in the Corsage.
The teal one is tatted with #50 Alton Basak, which is really soft and I have never used it much because everything I tatted was so loose and sloppy.
The good news is that this motif feels quite stiff, not floppy; I realize how much my tension has improved since I visited this thread in the past. Yay!
Hopefully I can get this finished soon, as I am getting the hang of that crazy turn in the chain. Then what?
Anon