Some of you might recognize this pattern as Mary Konior's "Spinning Wheel glass mat", from her book Tatting with Visual Patterns. I got that book about two weeks ago, and I immediately wanted to make everything in it! Which of course has resulted in a lot of UFOs :p
The thread is Idena Dixi (somewhere between 10 and 20). I stuffed a Sew Mate and hoped it would be enough, but I had to refill the shuttle just for the final repetition... Fortunately I didn't have to cut the ball thread, instead I just unwound enough for the last few chains :) Now, if I'd only had a Tatsy shuttle this wouldn't have happened... *grin*
I was so pleased with myself for getting this pattern right, only to discover that I'd done it all wrong just minutes after it was finished last night :( The rows of six rings should be joined together, and the rows of three rings should not. I thought none of the rings should be joined, so my glass mat is a bit loose and possibly also a little larger than it would've been with joined rings. On the bright side, my mistake runs through the whole thing, so you won't notice it unless you know how the pattern is supposed to look. Heh... Well, here's a photo of the picture in the book:
I am still happy with my Spinning Wheel, even though it's too big for a coaster and too small for a doily. I plan to give it to my grandmother for Christmas (her favorite color is green), and maybe she can put it underneath a candle or a vase or something :)
As expected, I am now totally in love with Konior's patterns! They are just so streamlined and simple, yet they look amazing and complicated :) I am really really happy that I bought this book, and I'm kicking myself because I had her Tatting Patterns within reach (for a reasonable price) a few days before I got the other one, but I let it go because I decided I'd done enough shopping for a while. Then I received the Visual Patterns book, and I knew I should have got the second book while I had the chance... Now I'm so happy that I have ordered her Pattern Book of Tatting as a Christmas/birthday present in advance from my grandmother! Hope it arrives soon :D
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