Goddess Wallhanging

[kookaloo_starr]

Hi all

 

this is my first proper filet piece as I'm sure you'll be able to tell

a couple of questions;

 

can you make out the Goddess symbol?

 

will blocking cure the wobbliness?

 

if you got this as a gift would you think "urgh, that's rubbish"? (discounting your religious leanings!)

 

 

thanks for looking

 

[Krakovianka]

Good blocking will help--wet the piece, and pin out. You'll need a pin at the end of every single row, and you can use graph paper, under clear plastic wrap, to provide a guide. Good luck!

[kookaloo_starr]

Thanks Karen, I have it wet and pinned now **fingercrossed**

[misssmaggie]

Nice work !!! Thanks for sharing !!!

[RoseRed]

Blocking will help a great deal. If you want it to hang on the wall I would startch it a lot. This way gravity will have to fight with the starch.

 

I can totally see the goddess symbol in the middle. You did a wonderful job on it.

 

Make sure you post a pic of it after it's starched.

[kookaloo_starr]

Thanks for the starching advice RoseRed I just need somewhere to put it to dry now (and hope I don't forget where I put it!)

[pineapplequeen]

Great job!!!

[kookaloo_starr]

thank you

[DesertCrocheter]

Yes and yes. Great job! Did you just increase the bookmark pattern? What's the size? Patty

[kookaloo_starr]

Yes and yes. Great job! Did you just increase the bookmark pattern? What's the size? Patty

 

Hi Patty, that's for the input

all I did was use thicker thread and a bigger hook it measures 5.5" x 16" approx.

I used this pattern http://www.llewellynjournal.com/article/1011

[craziebunny]

nice job!!

[RoseRed]

I use a side of a cardboard box covered in plastic wrap to starch my stuff. Don't forget the pic of it finished. Hanging on a wall would be great (hint, hint)

[chrispersmom]

Very nice and once blocked it will be fine! Blocking....the one thread pain:eek

[PoetryinYarn]

Blocking will make it straight and even.

[barbara james]

I use flat styrofoam (from packaging, etc) covered with plastic or aluminum foil, then soak my pieces in a mixture of stiffening solution (Stiffy, from Michaels, or Elmer's glue) mixed half and half, then pinned out to dry. In a sunny window, they dry quickly. And they hold up to hanging much longer than just starch. The pieces hold the stiffening better if they are washed, and dried, first. I think it takes out the sizing in the yarn or thread.

[CrochetAmore]

Awesome job! It will look perfect once it's blocked & starched. Thanks for posting the link too!

[kookaloo_starr]

Okeydokey folks here is the post blocking/ stiffening pic. I had to Blu Tack her to the wall over my desk *lol*

 

 

I know, I still have that tail to get rid of I like how stiff it came out, I used cornflour & water (I'm so ghetto ) and it worked really well. I also ran a piece of wire through the top though to add extra stability.

[RoseRed]

Very nice!

[lizdini]

It came out great!

 

Funny, I recieved a bookmark of this pattern from a swap partner, and I decided to hang it on my wall as well!

[specialK]

i thinks it came out great. and yes i would love to recieve it as a gift!

karla

[ErinysCrochet]

I definitely wouldn't think it was rubbish. I love it. Did you make up the pattern yourself?

[judianne]

Very nice!!

[marnie413]

Beautiful work, i definitely would be happy to receive this as a gift!

[Startigerlily]

Great job!