Crochet Doily 3

Crocheted Doilies

This doily is Sun, Moon and Stars. I stitched it in size 10 crochet thread. The pattern is by Delsie Rhoades in The Big Book of Doilies by the American School of Needlework. From the moment I saw this pattern, I wanted to stitch it. I just thought it was the prettiest one I'd seen. I thoroughly enjoyed making this doily. Doing the moons was a little tricky. Every place it joined the doily proper required that you mark that stitch. So when I began to attach the moons, I had markers all over the place, but it worked wonderfully well.

This is a detail shot of the doily. I'm beginning to be a real fan of Delsie Rhoades. Her doilies seem to be a lot of fun to stitch. I hope she does more along this line.

This doily is the cover doily for South Maid's booklet, Special Doilies for Special Times, Art. J16, Book 0137. I thought it was an attractive doily, and it was small, so I thought I'd try it to use up a partial ball of thread I had left. It only took two days to do. It would have been faster except that my hands had to have a rest. I found it interesting to do. The center cupped a little as I was crocheting it, but as I added other rows to it, it began to lay flat.

This is a closeup of the doily. You can see that the pinecone type motif is so thickly done that it really doesn't want to lay flat. As I dressed this, I worked it down some. I could have pressed it to make it flatter, I guess. This doily measures about 13" across. I did it in size 10 crochet thread with a #9 crochet hook. The pattern called for a #7 hook, but I generally have to crochet with a hook a couple of sizes smaller to make the gauge work out. That may be part of the reason that the center cupped a little as I worked on it. I liked the outside edge of this. That next to the last row is pretty with the little picots between the chain loops.

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	This doily is Sun, Moon and Stars. I stitched it in size 10 crochet thread. The pattern is by Delsie Rhoades in The Big Book of Doilies by the American School of Needlework. From the moment I saw this pattern, I wanted to stitch it. I just thought it was the prettiest one I'd seen. I thoroughly enjoyed making this doily. Doing the moons was a little tricky. Every place it joined the doily proper required that you mark that stitch. So when I began to attach the moons, I had markers all over the place, but it worked wonderfully well.
	This is a detail shot of the doily. I'm beginning to be a real fan of Delsie Rhoades. Her doilies seem to be a lot of fun to stitch. I hope she does more along this line.
	This doily is the cover doily for South Maid's booklet, Special Doilies for Special Times, Art. J16, Book 0137. I thought it was an attractive doily, and it was small, so I thought I'd try it to use up a partial ball of thread I had left. It only took two days to do. It would have been faster except that my hands had to have a rest. I found it interesting to do. The center cupped a little as I was crocheting it, but as I added other rows to it, it began to lay flat.
	This is a closeup of the doily. You can see that the pinecone type motif is so thickly done that it really doesn't want to lay flat. As I dressed this, I worked it down some. I could have pressed it to make it flatter, I guess. This doily measures about 13" across. I did it in size 10 crochet thread with a #9 crochet hook. The pattern called for a #7 hook, but I generally have to crochet with a hook a couple of sizes smaller to make the gauge work out. That may be part of the reason that the center cupped a little as I worked on it. I liked the outside edge of this. That next to the last row is pretty with the little picots between the chain loops.