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Thread created on 1460630107 by muskaan.
Status: Open thread, open to all.
It's mid week, hump day, Wednesday!! And I am going to be tatting!!! 
Well, I'm almost finished re-tatting the first two rounds. Trying to do true rings in one color, and chains in another in round 2 makes for interesting twists and turns trying to figure out how to get the thread in proper position.
And here's Round 11 : http://renulek.blogspot.in/2016/06/frywolitkowa-serwetka-on-line_9.html
She says after this round the doily should lie flat as a pancake :-D
Happy tatting :-)
I've been wanting to tat a doily again for a while now. But since I want to keep up the motif tatting for my scarf I haven't really given myself time to. BUT! I have now decided to start this doily for (at the very least) a WIP Wednesday "other project". I'm on row 4 and enjoying it a lot so far. I'm also happy to be behind all you guys, so I can profit from your experiences in the rounds to come. 
Finished row 8 last night and plan to start row 9 tonight.... It looks like a quick one ! 
Round 12 has been posted: http://renulek.blogspot.in/2016/06/frywolitkowa-serwetka-on-line_16.html
So today was just one of those days where nothing goes right or as planned..... and I knew it going in..... but I needed something to do, to relax, to keep my hands busy..... my mind said " DON'T do it.... don't go there! "
Long story short.... I finally restarted round 9. and really things started out quite well! I was relaxing and in rhythm... enjoying the moment. But that was all it was ... 'a moment' then my thread snapped 
I really wasn't far along... cut it off and restarted..... after that it was one mistake after another and now I have another pile of shredded little bits of thread 
I cut and restarted 4, no..... 5 times! And cut again.... and have nothing to show for it...
I think it's time for bed...... "After all, Tomorrow IS another day!"
Aww... sorry for your bad night, @IdahoCanuck! Yes, tomorrow is another day! (You were quoting Scarlett O'Hara, right? 
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in reply to GraceT's post:
Just started mine today. I'm realizing that I need more colors in size 40...
It's very cool to see more and more people start and share their work on this doily
It's WIP Wednesday right now so I get a free pass to work on this today, but I'm a bit stuck on my colour choices for the next round... Colours are hard!
I just finished row 9, which I am doing in size 80. So far it measures about 9".
I've restarted round 9 on the 2016 spring doily..... again.... I think this makes the 9th time I've cut and restarted this round.... so hopefully the 9th restart on the 9th round will be the winner!!!!
Row 13 has been posted: http://renulek.blogspot.in/2016/06/frywolitkowa-serwetka-on-line_23.html
Ooloo, it reminds me of the earth very early in the spring, when the buds are just beginning to pop out of the ground -- with promises of more. Very hopeful sign.
Been stuck on the colour choices for about a week now. Many people here inspire me with their work, but it's hard for me to visualise what a colour will do to the impact of a doily. I don't have @IdahoCanuck's courage either, to cut off an entire round if the colour doesn't sit right with me! So I spent quite a while obsessing over visualising, and now I think I'll go with the option on the left for the next few rounds...
Renulek posted Round 14 on Thursday : http://renulek.blogspot.in/2016/06/frywolitkowa-serwetka-on-line_30.html
Just a couple of rounds left, I think. She's getting bored of this serwetka 
I've struggled a bit with color selection, too. I've even tatted part of around with more than one option, cut it off, and started with something entirely different. It was only frustrating when I was trying to keep up week to week. Once I gave myself permission to lag behind, it got easier. I really admire your idea, @Ignes, of using a graphics program to figure it out. I may have to give that a try. Slow as I am with my graphics program, it may be faster than tatting and cutting.
@tatknot I have things in my life that needs attending also. I am 4 rows behind...and it's OK with me. (
I am also behind with the rows, but as tatknot writes, you have to stay behind to see the progress and where to change a color. Actually I was thinking of doing a rainbow-color scheme, that would mean to wait until the end and then you see how many rows you will tat, and adjusting the colors and / or nr of rows in the same color. But I don't have all the colors I wanted to use, so I changed it a little bit.
Now I can't tat for a couple of days because I cutted onions, and my finger was in between the knife and the onion...... well, nothing bad, but I don't want to open it again and blood on the thread especially on white, is not good. So it is better waiting, and after 4 or 5 days all is done.
I can do some crochet as I hold it different than tatting, so not out of work, but started another UFO....
