Doily Story

Once upon a time a lovely blogging friend called Pammy Sue showed us a picture of a beautiful doily and invited us to make it along with her.  Well at first I declined the invitation tempting as it was because I had so many crafty things already on the go.  

Then I remembered my daughters round coffee table in her new home and I could quite visualize that doily settling quite comfortable atop of it, not only that but she expressed the desire for a fuchsia rug, well that quite sent my head reeling because I knew that I had a cone of fuchsia crochet thread which had been tucked away for years just waiting for an opening like this and I felt that it would match the rug quite nicely and so I accepted Pammy Sues invitation and although it's taken me awhile I am proud to announce it's done........

Playing with the doily

First I placed in on top of my chest of drawers...yes nice but what if I put....

my terramundi in the middle it has the same blend of colours and matches well BUT it does tend to squash and indeed hide those central popcorns.

ok well lets put the terramundi  to one side

and then add the lamp

Very nice but it's quite dull in the bedroom so lets take it outside ...

I love the colour so bright and vibrant in the Autumn sunshine

I wonder what it would look like on my windowsill...

I think it looks good and Becky Bunny seems to think so too but how about...

 Sitting on my dining table

Ouch! those popcorns got it again but it does look so pretty and I think it looks good everywhere, I hope my daughter likes it too, the fuchsia rug did not materialise by the way but fuchsia cushions did so the doily should feel right at home. 

FACTS
This doily was not an easy make at least not for me, having said that I'm sure there are crocheters out there who would find it easy and many including our own dear Pammy Sue had it made up in no time.
It was challenging because there were stitches which I hadn't tried before and there were sooo many picots have I told you I HATE doing picots.  It took ages to complete a round especially the final rounds because it's a biggun, mine measure's 20" in diameter..BUT it was worth it because I love it...will I make it again? well no. :) 

AND even better it's a stashbuster using 95 grams cotton yarn.       

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