Another round of the "hide & seek" doily completed

Ok....for as simple as this doily should be there are

a few structural challenges for me(mainly the clover rounds

which seem to be tight), but the biggest challenge is my

hubby.  He is a truck driver so he is usually gone a lot, but

his new job is not keeping him busy so money is low, but

that isn't my problem.....my problem is that he is home and

I can't get time to work on this doily with him here!!!

So.....since I knew he is out for at least 4 hours today

I finished this round which has taken far longer than 

it should have.  I believe there are 2 or 3 more rounds

to completion, and a ton of blocking!!!!

It's already over 15 inches across.

Next, I was playing this weekend with size 3 thread.

The pattern is Carnival from Mary Konior's Tatting with

Visual Patterns.  The thread is Pretty as a Rainbow HDT from CustomCottonEtc.

Here is a size comparison with a size 100

 Rainbow Bright HDT from Tatskool,Carnival motif, 

which was tatted years ago.

The smaller one has better color in this picture.

And this picture shows the colors in the larger one better.

I also started a spinning wheel glass mat, but I know there

is not enough thread to complete it so...It's just a very large

doodle.  :)  Maybe I will show the picture later.

Have a wonderful day and may tatting fill a space in it!!!  :)

2011: 25 Motif Challenge- Motif #6

I tried to start the Mary Konior Windmills pattern from Tatting with Visual Patterns a few weeks back and didn't succeed(this time), but I really think using the 100 size thread wasn't the best choice(although, I thought rainbow windmills would look awesome).

Yesterday I finished tatting 2 crosses(Mary Konior's Large Cross from tatting with Visual Patterns) for my husband just like the one I made for him here:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qSS9SI5jGqVf_RxCuFjvNKdWzyT7-rpSn634KllZkeGgJfvpfIXtHssFxhVlPZNPvpOFkrmJRWV_hTOM3UhzkW7ar_FxdhjbWtwFtXKTPM6603Ap4jx5DnntZCWF3NVspuDqG1cZXuU/s1600/lg+cross+for+Richard.jpg
And then I really needed a huge break from the size 10 thread to make those crosses in 4 days, so I grabbed the beautiful Rainbow Bright size 100 HDT from Tatskool and tried Mary Konior's Carnival pattern in Tatting with Visual Patterns. I have to say that I was confused by this pattern, but I really wanted to tat it in color because I don't know how you can look at a pattern named Carnival and think plain white.