Wintergarden 2

The clothespin solution worked, although it looked strange:

After clipping pins about every inch all the way around, I persuaded Middle Duckling to hold the plastic loop in the middle while I used one hand to hold the two ends of the needle and the other to make sure every single clothespin was flipped the same direction before joining.

This time it really did work.

Here is my progress as of this morning:

I've just started the second ball of purple yarn and of course after making the picot hemline I had to turn it up and safety-pin it in place to see what the edge would look like when finished.

Despite the false start, I'm overall Very Pleased.