#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.
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... : ))
Nicely done, Fox!!
ReplyDeleteHey, 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)
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?
ReplyDeleteFunny, 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.
Your Bairduri looks so delicate and crisp - a vision of loveliness. I sigh sweetly every time I see it. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThis one turned out beautiful. The white goes fine with the pastels and also the green beads.
ReplyDeletePetra
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!)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. Hmmm...you might be tatting this one over and over again just to see different colors. Happy Tatting...
ReplyDeleteThe 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! : )
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, lovely sof colours and beads, simply beautiful.
ReplyDeletewell done
Maargaret