Monday, February 18, 2008

Waves,
I was playing around with the pattern for the waves doily and came up with some numbers that may be of interest to a few people. This doily was made from size 80 thread and measures 8 inches across. It consists of the following elements 280 joins, 2,104 matching picots and finally 10,040 double stitches. No wonder these things take so long to make.

6 comments:

LadyShuttleMaker aka MadMadPotter said...

So how many 50 yards skeins did this take?

Unknown said...

It took about 115 yards to make this doily

Tat-a-Renda said...

Wow Clyde! you really counted all the double-stitches?

Thank you for leaving a comment about my doily. It was after you posted the picture of your Waves that I decided I must finish my doily.

Tattycat said...

That's a lot of counting. I hope it will make people realize how much "love" goes into these projects!

Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane said...

I'm not a math person, but I'm really impressed by these numbers!

Ridgewoman said...

Well, you already know that I just love WAVE. It looks like the name - a lot of movement. And the Tigereye worked up beautifully. I love my HDT from Marilee. I can hardly wait to get the pattern for this one - And the new Sunlite - looks like its name, too! Just beautiful, dedicated work. I don't think I'd count - might intimidate me! LOL Very interesting to know though - that is a lot of counting!

bj in NM