Dragon Wing Doily

This is my second Dragon Wing Doily by Anne Bruvold. I tatted my first one in May 2011. My tension was rather tight this time which made the piece rather stiff and a little more fiddly to block than I expected. This is a tatter issue rather than a designer one. I did not notice this problem with my first effort.  The nice thing about the stiffness is that it would hang nicely as an ornament without stiffener. I'd like to try it again with deliberately lighter tension to see if the difference was in the thread I used or in my tatting. Anne's pattern is a lovely one and enjoyable to tat. You'll find it in English here.

Dragonwing Doily is Finished

I finished Anne Bruvold's Dragonwing Doily before I went to bed last night. It really is a pleasure to work and since it uses rings and chains only (ball and shuttle or needle), it is a great pattern for new tatters to practice pattern reading. Instead of repeating every ring and chain, each wedge is a repeat of the one before it. Thank you Anne, for making this pattern available to us. I really enjoyed tatting it up.