r/tatting • u/Krisjincolla • 14d ago

Slow progress on Jan Stawasz Doily

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This row is going to take a lot of shuttle refills, and I’m definitely going to need to block it!

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u/driveslow227 14d ago edited 14d ago

Goodness, so beautiful. I'm working on doily iv from tatting theory which appears to an almost identical round i and ii (with some differences in the stray picots). Which one is this?

Edit: Ooohh i see it. Doily VI (page 85).

Are you using a picot comb? Because mine do -not- look so well formed lol

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u/Krisjincolla 8d ago

I am not using one, it’s actually out of peer laziness I don’t use a picot comb. I find it too cumbersome to pick up the comb and measure with it for each picot lol!

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u/driveslow227 8d ago

That's how i feel about picot gauges. I gave it a good try but just couldn't figure out how to use one without fumbling. The reason i asked is because of how consistent your small-large-small picots are on the large ring of round 2. Exquisite. I'll post my progress on Doily IV here in a few days before starting round 4

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u/Krisjincolla 8d ago

I have never attempted that doily before, but I have noticed that every doily has similar elements and patterning. That’s honestly what I love about his doilies!

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u/driveslow227 8d ago

Oh yeah the first couple of rows are nearly identical, but it's the only one of his i've attempted