Tuesday 6 March 2012

the saga continues...

So I got a bit of feedback regarding my quandry with the bonnet and after reading a couple of posts on my thread on In Tatters I thought to myself, "I'm not happy with it now so if I keep going i'm still going to be unhappy with it so i'd might as well try and fix it."

I realsied i'd already made the decision so last night I was very brave and started cutting the joining picots to see how it looked with the tension relaxed.  I then re-made the first 3 medallions with 7mm picots.

So far it looks like it will work a treat but i'm not a fan of very long picots so i've decided to bling them up with 2-3 seed beads.  Hopefully this will mean it will look a lot sleaker as it will stop the thread spreading out if they are a little too long and it will make the extra long picots look like they are supposed to be that way rather than a fudging of the design.

It means I will have to nip into town during my lunch break and buy some beads and I will have to re-do the 3 medallions I did last night but it will be worth it.

I will post more photos once i've made enough progress to show off.

Till next time...

Cat. x
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5 comments:

  1. Jane Eborall6 March 2012 at 08:36

    Gosh, you're so dedicated to this. I'd have thrown it in the bin by now!! I'm SO looking forward to the end result. Well done.

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  2. Cat_826 March 2012 at 08:44

    I'm telling you, if this wasn't a chirstening bonnet for my neice/nephew it would be in the bin. Though I am quite determined when I get the bit between my teeth so I would probably have picked it out of the bin and had another go a month or so later. :-)

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  3. RandaGray6 March 2012 at 13:24

    You're much more dedicated than I am... I decided after my first bonnet this past summer that there would never be another! I think the people who write the patterns make them as a test of love & patience... But yours seems to be turning out much better than mine did, & I like the seed beads idea! Good luck! :)

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    1. Cat_826 March 2012 at 15:51

      thanks Randa, I have already done 3 medallions with beads and so far its looking good. i'll get pictures posted when i've done enough to see the full effect.

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