Well this is the centre of the doily. I've chosen a colour that I don't particularly like but I did check before I started that I'd got two balls - just in case I run out.
The doily looks HUGE so I didn't want to run out at all.
I start this project (like the other translations I've done) by scanning the pattern. Thankfully I forced my brain to learn touch typing when I was 50 and this makes life a LOT easier.
I have Google translate on one side of my screen and the jpg of the text on the other side. I also use 'markup' and make a line that I can move down the page on the jpg as I work otherwise I get into a real mess!!! I don't speak Dutch so it can prove quite a challenge.
Then every so often I copy the translated text onto a blank copy of Pages. I work in the cloud so that I can access the whole thing when I sit down eventually to try and work out what I need to do. Each row is then re-written in 'Jane' so that I can understand what I'm doing. This is not for the fainthearted!!!
5 comments:
Love it Jane
It looks like you're off to a great start!
Hmm. Sounds laborious. I’m sure it’ll be worth the effort though. The centre makes a pretty motif on its own.
Kiddos to you for all this work to get to tatting it! 👍👏
Great start!! :)
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