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| a crochet doily |
. The history of crochet doilies runs to the Victorian era. There are so many vintage patterns we can use today also. They were done with fine threads and looked so elegant. The crochet hooks they had used were also very fine. The colour of most of them was white because various colours and types of yarns were not much available in those days. Doilies of those days were lacier than now and with more complicated designs. They have much antique value. Aristocrats in those days preferred the white colour much. Doilies were used on the dining tables of rich persons and it was considered as a symbol of wealth and prosperity.
Nowadays doilies are used for various purposes, like place-mats on dining tables.
These are used to put hot dishes and other things to prevent the polished
surfaces from staining. In houses, ornamental brass items like vases and small
statues of marble are placed on doilies. These are the primary use of
crochet doilies.
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nowadays crochet doilies are used for many purposes, such as attaching to the
front surfaces of cushion covers, to make wall hangings, etc. Some ladies attach
doilies to the front of their tops.
Most of the doilies are round in shape. But there are squares and polygonal shapes like pentagons or hexagons. The size of a doily can be taken as desired when it is made by joining hexagons or squares. By joining so many hexagons or squares together can get long placemats like table runners.
Today we learn about a round doily with pineapple flowers.
Round 1: Make 6 ch and slip stitch to the first chain.
Round 2: 12sc into the ring of 6 chains.
Round 3: 10ch, skip 1 sc and 1dc to the next. "7ch, skp1sc,1dc to the next" repeat.
At the end join with a slip stitch to the 3rd ch of the beginning 10 chains. Now you have a 6 spaces of 7ch.
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| Round 3 |
Round 4: Make 7 dcs to each of the ch 7 spaces below. At the end join with a slip stitch to the 1st dc made at the beginning.'
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| Round 4 |
Round 5: Make 1dc onto each of the dc below. (Altogether 7 dcs) Make 1ch then again 7dc to the each of the dc below. Repeat. At the end make 1ch and join to the 1st dc made with a slip stitch.
Round 6: Make 2ch and join in between 2dcs, with single crochet. Repeat 6 times. Then make 2ch and join with single crochet to the ch 1 space also. "2ch 1sc" repeat including the chain 1 space also. At the end join to the first ch 2 space. There should be 42, chain two spaces altogether.
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| Round 6 |
Round 8: make 3ch and 2dcs onto the first dc of previously made 2dcs. Then ch 1 and 2dcs onto the next dc. 3ch and join to the cha 2ch space. ("2ch,1sc,") repeat 4 times.
""3ch,2dc,ch1,2dc,3ch ("2ch,1sc,"repeat 4 times)"" repeat till the end.
Round 9: 4ch, make 3dc on to the 2 dcs below. ch2 and 3dc on to the 2 dcs below, ch 4 join to the ch 2 space below. Repeat ("2ch,1sc,") 3 times.""4ch, 3dc, ch2, 3dc, 4ch ("2ch,1sc,") repeat 3 times""
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| Round 9 |
Round 11: 6ch and 5dc on to the 4 dcs below. ch 4, 5dcs on to the 4 dcs below. ch 6 join to the ch 2 space below with single crochet, ch 2 join to the next space of ch 2 with single crochet.
"ch 6,5dc, ch 4, 5dc, ch 6, 2ch,1sc,one time" repeat until the end.
Round 12: 5 single crochet to the ch 6 space, 5 single crochets to the 5 dcs below, then 2sc, 3h and picot stitch, 3 times. 2sc, 5sc to the 5 dcs below. 5sc to the space of ch 6, join to the ch 2 space with sc, and fasten off.
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| finished doily |
