In Search of Perfection, continued...

This continues on from the previous post.  I just finished the second motif, done in traditional tatting and I just wanted to post about it straight away.  The discussion is just getting going in the previous post and it's interesting as always.

So here is the same motif, done the traditional way (always starting with the first half of the double stitch, whichever side you're on and only doing up joins - have I got that right??).

By the way, this is "Mixed Bouquet" from the book "A Pattern Book of Tatting"

by Mary Konior

Traditional tatting, front-side

Traditional tatting, back-side

And finally here are both motifs.

FS\BS on top

Traditional tatting on bottom

Does this little experiment make it conclusive to any of you?

Best wishes,