Small Distinctive Doily

Here is a little doily measuring about 4.5 inches across. It is the tumbler size doily from the Distinctive Luncheon Set in Tatting Doilies & Edgings, edited by Rita Weiss and published by Dover.

This is tatted with Valdani Hand Dyed Variegated denim blues thread. I finished the tatting on this last night and have now started another small doily to go with it. The pattern is different but the thread is the same.

Spencer Doily

I stated this doily a year or more ago, got tired of working on it and put it aside. When I got it out recently, I realized that by finishing the medallion row which was partially done, I could use it as a finished doily. So I added the rest of the medallions and this is ready to block and frame. It was tatted with YLI thread, varigated beiges. It measures about 8 inches across. I'm thinking it will go well in a set with the small doilies done in the same thread. This doily is the first 8 rows of the Tatted Centerpiece by Mrs. J.C. Spencer. The entire centerpiece has13 rows or rounds. Maybe someday I'll try this again and make the entire centerpiece.

Party Time mini

This is a variation of the tumbler size doily from Party-Time Doilies, pattern found in Traditional Tatting Patterns edited by Rita Weiss and published by Dover. This little doily was also tatted with the YLI beiges thread and completed last week. It measures 3.5 inches across and will go nicely with the Loop-di-Loop doily when they're both framed in matching frames.

Loop-di-loop doily

This little doily, tatted this month, is the Loop-di-Loop doily designed by Harmut Haas publised in Old-Time Crhochet, Summer 2002. I tatted it with YLI cotton thread, varigated beiges. The completed doily finished at 4.5 inches diameter, a nice size to frame and hang to display.

Completed Doily

This evening I put on the last stitches of my round on Jeanette's doily. I'll now get this in an envelope and ready to put it in the mail to Jeanette. She tatted the center and three others had added a round before I received the doily. Mine is the 5th (counting the center as #1) round on this doily. This was made with size 50 thread, a thread that I really enjoy using. It was fun to add this last round. This is the last doily for me to work on in this round robin. I'll be anxious to see what mine looks like when I get it back.

Anke's doily

Today I received Anke's doily in the mail. This is the next doily in our tatted round robin group. Now I'll give some thought to what I might add to this pretty little doily.

Tatted Doily Round Robin

On the left is the doily belonging to Josie as it looked when I received it. On the right is how it looks now that I've added another round of tatting. I will send it on the the next tatter. Two additional rounds will be added before it is sent back home to Josie.

My Round Robin Doily

Jeanette has added to my center and the result is this lovely little doily. She wll now send it on to the next tatter who will add another round. Thanks, Jeanette! Very pretty!

Shawna's center

Here is Shawna's center after I added my round to her center. I'll now send it on to the next person so she can add round 3.

Shawna's Center

I have received this lovely center from Shawna. It is now my challenge to add a new bit of tatting to it. I have until mid March to add something and get this in the mail to the next person.

Tatted Doily Round Robin

I am in a round robin with 4 other tatters. We'll be making 5 different doilies, one for each person. Each one makes a doily center and then sends it to the next person on the list. Each tatter in turn adds a new round to the doily. When the doily is complete, it is sent back to its owner.

Here is my center. This is made using #50 flora thread and the pattern is "Summer Posy" from Tatting 2000 Ring of Tatters.

Lily Morales doily

This is a doily approx. 8.5" diameter.

Thread is Clark's O.N.T. size 30 color 18.

Pattern source: A Labor of Love by Lily Qualls Morales

Cherub Doily

Having come across the pattern and started this piece a few weeks ago, I completed this little doily today by finishing off the last round. This is the Cherub Doily I got off the internet but I don't know who to credit the design.

This is about 3" across and is made from a ball of varigated thread #30.

doily exchange

My partner for this (May 2007) tatted doily exchange is Mary D. This is a modified version of a 1993 Workbasket magazine pattern called Rose Doily by Myrtle H. Hamilton. The colors Mary said she liked best were cream, pink, green and rose so I set out to find a pattern and threads that would work for this exchange. I found this pattern and decided to use it.The pattern was done in white with pink flowers. I chose to make it using three colors with green and pink being the predominant colors. It was a round doily but by leaving off the last few rounds and modifying the last two I used, I came up with this rendition. I really like it and may decide to make one for myself.

The threads used are:
white - DMC #12 perle cotton
pink - Clark's #30 ONT color 85
green(varigated) - Clark's #30 ONT color 21

The ONT threads are from a basket full of threads that I bought at an antique store a few years ago. They are like new and were a real bargain as the whole basket as I recall was only $4 and in it were dozens of balls of thread.

This doily measures 7 1/2" in diameter.