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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Unfinished Knitting Project Restarted: Peacock's Tail Tablecloth

Years ago I got the bug to knit a giant lace doily to use as a table cloth as a gift for M.  As it got close
to the particular end date I had in mind, I could see I was not going to get through all 126 rounds so I just stopped and made an ending.  It was okay, but not great, but I sent it to her anyway.

A few years later I was visiting and asked to have it back so I could finish it properly.  She did give it back to me. The bag it was in has been hanging from my mother's slipper chair ever since, until last year when we packed up for our mission. I thought there would be lots of knitting time, for some unknown reason...so I brought it with us.  Finally, when I finished the previous project, I pulled out the tablecloth.  It took some doing to figure out where I left off but I finally did and now am knitting on Round 110.  It is slow going because of the thread size I am using and the pattern stitches. I can't wait to finish this round because there are then three rounds of plain knitting!!  I look forward to those even though there are many stitches.  At the end of Round 110 there will be 672 stitches.  There are several more pattern rounds with plain knitting interspersed.  I long for plain knitting rounds!!!


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Yes, I realize you cannot see what it will look like, but if you Google Peacock's Tail Doily (I think it is a Danish pattern) you will see lots of different designs.  This one has 16 feathers in the tail.

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