Progress continues on Jon Yusoff's Tat-a-Long doily. This round has lots of lock joins (as do some of the following rounds. I am bothered by blips of color in my joins. I use Jane Eborall's blipless join to avoid this. For lock joins, I usually pull up a loop for the join. I discovered that if I pull the loop Down, the blip of color in the lock join is less obvious. Who knew??
Jon Yusoff is hosting a Tat-a-long doily on Facebook. I have joined in the fun. Here are my first 3 rounds. I am using a ball of Manuela size 20 in a lovely shaded blue color. I only have one ball so I hope the doily does not get too large or I will have to use another color for the outer rounds. I love this thread - it's a nice Cordonnet but not as twisty as Lizbeth.
I've been making little hearts. Lots of little hearts. This pattern is from Gloria Nelson. I've shuttle tatted it, and needle tatted it. The smallest is size 40. The larger hearts are needle tatted in size 10. It's a great pattern for practicing needle tatting and for emptying off shuttles too.
