Start of next Christmas secret

This may look familiar to some, but the 

center will confuse them.

This is the Mystery Doily by Patty Dowden 

pattern here:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art748.asp

And my inspiration here:

http://tatsaway.blogspot.com/2013/11/mystery-doily-epilogue.html

I started and got to the second repeat when I realized

that I should have highlighted the spot in 

the directions that say I should have started

with the last ring of the top 6, but I thought, 

oh well, I will have to figure out the final 

joins.......until, I realized that I messed up the

second "S" chain and would have to untat

6 small rings on top, then an "S" chain,

and then 4 more small rings just to get

to the mistake(NO THANKS!!!).

So...I started again, but 5 repeats in 

I realize that I missed the fact of joining

the center rings properly.  Since I only have 

limited amount of the hand dyed thread

size 40 Yarnplayer's Lilac Sea, 

I decided  not to start again, but to join 

the center by chains of 2ds each.

When blocked it should look ok.

The complimenting color is

size 40 Lizbeth Lilac Med.

This now has to go into hiding, and I have to get 

housework finished.

Have a wonderful day and hopefully

lots of tatting too!!!  :)