Crochet Doily 2

Crocheted Doilies

The Piecework magazine of March/April, 1996 had an article showing this doily pattern. It was originally published in The Modern Priscilla, Nov. 1900. The original doily was all white, and had big holes where you see the little star-like motifs I put on the doily. I thought the holes were just too large to leave. Also, in the original, the roses and leaves were sewn together and to the center. I didn't like that. So I crocheted all of it together. The star-like motifs allowed me to do that. There were 42 loops around the edge of the white center, and there were 10 roses and leaves to attach. This was kind of irregularity was common with old patterns; to solve it, I left one loop on each side of the center unattached. It's not perfect that way, but I didn't want to completely revise the old pattern or make it larger. It's about 12 inches across.

This is a closeup of the pattern. The article showed two colors of rose petals, and I thought that was nice, so I tried it that way too. I used a dusty rose and a burgandy instead of the reds the article showed. All the leaves are the same size. I think I must have dressed this a little irregularly. <G> The leaves were interesting because you crochet through the back loops of the single crochets to make kind of a vein in the leaves. I found that crocheting the roses was difficult because I had to hold the center of the rose and crochet around it. Holding that little piece with my arthritic hands was miserable, and I had to stop working on it several times to allow my hands to recover. I don't think I'd ever do another, but I'm glad I did this one.

I decided I'd like to make another rose doily with more white in it and make it larger, so I tried this one. It's not exactly what I'd want, but I think it is a good start. I used an adapted center from another doily, and then I improvised the outer edge. This one measures about 15.5 inches across.

I thought this center was more interesting than the one in the 1900 doily. I adapted it from the Magic Crochet, Aug. 2001, Party Decor doily. All I really changed was the number of repeats in the center flower from 12 to 10 to fit the number of the roses in the 1900 doily better.

Again I used two shades of rose for the roses. I liked the look of the scalloped edge to this one. I think next time I will move the leaves out a little, though, or rearrange them completely with regard to the roses.

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	The Piecework magazine of March/April, 1996 had an article showing this doily pattern. It was originally published in The Modern Priscilla, Nov. 1900. The original doily was all white, and had big holes where you see the little star-like motifs I put on the doily. I thought the holes were just too large to leave. Also, in the original, the roses and leaves were sewn together and to the center. I didn't like that. So I crocheted all of it together. The star-like motifs allowed me to do that. There were 42 loops around the edge of the white center, and there were 10 roses and leaves to attach. This was kind of irregularity was common with old patterns; to solve it, I left one loop on each side of the center unattached. It's not perfect that way, but I didn't want to completely revise the old pattern or make it larger. It's about 12 inches across.
	This is a closeup of the pattern. The article showed two colors of rose petals, and I thought that was nice, so I tried it that way too. I used a dusty rose and a burgandy instead of the reds the article showed. All the leaves are the same size. I think I must have dressed this a little irregularly. <G> The leaves were interesting because you crochet through the back loops of the single crochets to make kind of a vein in the leaves. I found that crocheting the roses was difficult because I had to hold the center of the rose and crochet around it. Holding that little piece with my arthritic hands was miserable, and I had to stop working on it several times to allow my hands to recover. I don't think I'd ever do another, but I'm glad I did this one.
	I decided I'd like to make another rose doily with more white in it and make it larger, so I tried this one. It's not exactly what I'd want, but I think it is a good start. I used an adapted center from another doily, and then I improvised the outer edge. This one measures about 15.5 inches across.
	I thought this center was more interesting than the one in the 1900 doily. I adapted it from the Magic Crochet, Aug. 2001, Party Decor doily. All I really changed was the number of repeats in the center flower from 12 to 10 to fit the number of the roses in the 1900 doily better.
	Again I used two shades of rose for the roses. I liked the look of the scalloped edge to this one. I think next time I will move the leaves out a little, though, or rearrange them completely with regard to the roses.