This is my practice piece for the Catherine Wheel Join. It has plenty of bad joins as well as some good ones. I think I've finally got it, but I plan to keep practicing until it's large enough to serve as a coaster for my favorite mug.
Progress on Torchon! I completed three inches. I love that this project lets me practice cloth stitch as well as the effect of twists within. Just two more inches til completion.
Inkscape and I are becoming friends again, too. I'm learning from the YouTube channel of Sue Fuller who does the Design Classes for theOnlineTattingClass.com channel and from my own mistakes. I completed my first diagram--a simple pattern my daughter is sharing with all of us. It's been so long since I used Inkscape, but some of it is coming back as I work. Most important lesson I learned last week?--Save, Save, Save! Hours of work were lost when the program crashed and efforts to re-open the document crashed the program again and again. Things are working much better for me now. It crashes, and I open my last manually saved copy, which usually means repeating only the last change I made.
Til next time!
5 comments:
Good way to practice CWJ. I didn’t last very long with Inkscape so I take my hat off to your persistence. Especially in the face of numerous crashes.
Thank you, Jane. It was quite discouraging at first.
I love the CWJ - much better than blipless joins or JSS. It's a handy skill.
Glad you are becoming comfortable with Inkscape. As you become more familiar, you will be able to create your own hacks (like I did, even though I learned from Robin's tutorials).
Ah, but Saving is the only drawback of this program. Wish it would auto-save. I've had my share of lost effort and time when I forgot to save frequently.
That will be a pretty coaster when done!! :)
I haven't done CWJ, although I have tried only a couple of times. ;)
Your Bobbin lace looks nice!! :)
Thank you. I'm still struggling to get a consistent look with this join.
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