CHERRY
BLOSSOM DOILY
We are still working on the cute little doilies for keeping below wine glasses.
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Materials used : Today I’ve used some local Indian Red Heart / Coats Doli thread with a
1.75 mm crochet hook
For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red rose ; Red rose metallic or unbranded knitting cotton as well
General yarn info : Today’s yarn is not specific for this pattern.
For this project, use any yarn with a
suitable hook to make this project to any size.
International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn.
Difficulty level : Easy to Intermediate
Stitches used : Using US terminology
Starting slip knot : Here’s how you start with a slip
knot. https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw
Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : This is a
neat new way to start your work without a slip knot. https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs
Magic circle : To refresh your skill, please view
this easy video https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro
What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY
Single Crochet : Sc : yo, insert
hk into st ; yo (2 lps on hk); yo, draw through both lps. One sc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/ghACqBpA-3k
First stitch for Single Crochet : This is how
I like to start my row of sc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/6pVYRfsf4_M
Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert
hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk);
[yo,
draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc
made.
Check
out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo
Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike
the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.
Check
out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0
Double crochet 3-tog : dc 3-tog : Here is an easy video tutorial at https://youtu.be/qlnqXDB3OUM
Abbreviations used : Using US terminology
sc : single crochet dc : Double crochet
ch : chain ch-sp : chain space
sp : space rep : Repeat
hk : hook lp (s) : loop(s)
yo : yarn over sl-st : slip stitch
hdc
3-tog : Half double crochet 3-together
Instruction information
For
today’s cute doily, please visit https://amandajonescrochet.com/2018/07/14/five-free-crochet-doily-patterns-no-2/
This
is the Simple Doily by Nancy Hearne at http://www.nancyhearne.com/drawingboard/simpledoily.htm
Please note that I start all my rounds with a ch 1 turning chain for ease.
Please check the top of this blog for a video tutorial on all the stitches needed to make this full project.
Finally please note that I take a lot of trouble trying to make my notes as easy as possible - so do go through all my detailed notes before you pick up your yarn.
So
what did I do differently?
My
project finished size = 10 cm
I
thought that the popcorn stitch would make my wine glasses shaky – and changed
that to a dc 3-tog. To see how to work
the dc 3-tog, check the video tutorial link at the top of this blog. Just fyi,
the 3-dc cluster in the pattern sheet is this dc 3-tog
I
worked the pattern till Round 7. At this point my doily was 10 cm, so I worked
a final round to finish
In
my last round I worked a ch-3 picot.
We
will also work a hdc 3-tog and a picot on top of that.
For this, first work the hdc 3-tog and then
work the picot stitch. Easy enough,
right?
How to work a picot stitch :
If the video does come on, go to https://youtu.be/8s3zVaBcn4s
Half double crochet 3-tog : hdc 3-tog :
If the video does come on, go to https://youtu.be/E-WbOP531a4
Last round : (sc in the 1st dc ; sc +
picot in the next dc ; sc in the next dc) ;
*ch
5, hdc 3-tog + picot over the next 3 dc ;
ch
5, [sc in the next dc ; sc + picot in the next dc ; sc in the next dc] ;
ch
2, sc in the next sc ;
ch
2, rep [to] once* ;
rep
*to* all around and join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
And
with this beautiful round of picot all around, we finish our small 10 cm round
doily. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Block
as per your yarn requirements.
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