Michelle's Handkerchief - Done At Last!

The lost-and-found hanky finally got its border finished.  I had asked people's opinion on which colour to go for... and though the yellow had many supporters, it was the variegated green that won.  Before the votes were in, I had actually started off on the yellow and probably done a whole side before I changed my mind.  It seemed to me the yellow was competing too much with the pink flowers instead of completing them.

So for the ones who voted green, here it is!

Those sharp inward curves were a bit troublesome...

I had to to use some single-shuttle split rings to make a sharp turn.

The advantage of a one shuttle pattern, I realised, is that you never have

to rewind your shuttle - and rewinding the shuttle when making chains,

is the one thing that slows tatting down the most for me.  

So although this is a fine thread (size 80),

I could make progress quite quickly.

The border pattern is from the Tatter's Treasure Chest.

Best wishes,