Can you see the hint of a darker turquoise?
This is how she looked just after I added that row:
Sitting on the table I am making her for. I did wonder whether to stop here and leave it as a large mat for the table as it looked so pretty, but I’m itching to see what this pattern looks like when finished, so on I went.
I’ve had the mahogany table for years and I love the details in the design. I had to take it outside to get a decent photo of it.
As you can see it is not easy to clean!
The crochet pattern is Mandala Madness by Helen Shrimpton and I have used Spiro Star in the centre. You can see my tutorial here.
I am using Scheepjes Cotton Bonbon and a 2mm hook.
It will measure approximately 1m across when completed.
In the top picture I have just started the 10th ball of the main colour.
It measures 29″ or 74cm across.
The background is one of my unfinished abstract paintings on canvas in acrylic paint.
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That is gorgeous!
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You are so lovely! xx
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Impressive!
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Yumsk! Thank you!
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I love it! My favourite colours and such beautiful hooking too. I’m curious about how you took the second photo – I’m imagining you stood atop a ladder and peering out and over the table …… but surely not? Your unfinished canvas has beautiful colours too. I live in hopes of achieving something fine and ethereal on canvas but always end up in your face brightly coloured…….
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Not a ladder – a chair and holding the camera up high! ❤ ❤ ❤ Love your comment!!!
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It is coming along so beautifully and I can’t wait to see it finished! It will look a treat on that table 🙂
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Thank you Eddie – I think they go together well.
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Fabulous, both of them.
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Thank you!
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It does look just perfect with the white edging!
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Thank you RJ – yes, I do think the last rounds when they come along will have to be white. 🙂
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Lovely old table that brings out the beautiful color of the mandala. I love the white edging, so crisp and clean.
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Thank you Kathy. Another round after which I wonder whether to stop there, but ….. I’m a little bit obsessed with this pattern and want to finish it – I might do the last rounds in white again though as it does seem to show up well against the turquoise.
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It’s looking really really nice, and thanks for the link!
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Thanks Cathy. I do love your Knit and Natter Fridays – when I saw it come up in my Inbox this morning – I thought ‘Oooo good’ and went and put the kettle on, ready to have a natter with you and your followers. 😉
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Another beauty! And that table! How old is it? Such lovely work on the legs, even if they are hard to clean.
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Thank you Laurie. I don’t remember the history of the table, but I think I must have bought it at an auction in the 1980s. The design looks 1920s – 1930s to me but I don’t know for sure. I know I bought it quite cheaply because of the crack across the top and I’ve been thinking of getting it properly restored at long last!
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It really is lovely. I tend to really the designs from that period.
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Yes, me too!
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