This is the Egeblad doily which was made from a pattern by Christine Duchrow.  I used Nurhanne Reckweg Abdullah's translation of the pattern to do it.  You can find the pattern here.  It went up very quickly.  It was quite easy to do.  Nothing was especially unexpected or difficult.  I made this with size 10 cotton thread on size 2 needles.  It's about 21" across.
	Here is a closeup of this doily.  One of the things I liked best about it were the little raised lines made from the decreases that highlight the leafy parts of this design.  As I worked on this doily, those leaves looked almost braided.
	This doily is the Primula design from Marianne Kinzel.  It's made in ecru thread, size 10.  I made this years ago when I was quite new to lace knitting.
	This is a closeup photo of the Primula.
	This is a French doily pattern.  It was in an old Phildar Decoration and Loisirs, booklet #6, p. 22, which I bought in the 1980's.  This doily was nothing but an exercise in patience and sheer will power.  The pattern had numerous errors in it, and I found the design very tiresome to do.  As you can see, I didn't stretch it the best in the world.  <G>  If I ever get to feeling better about it, which I doubt, I might reblock it sometime.  I don't think I'll ever make another knitted piece from that booklet.  It was edited terribly.  Nothing was consistent about the way the pattern was written, and there were a lot of really careless errors in it.
	This is a closeup of the French doily.

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