I was all set to take several picture ideas I had for this word at church this morning and completely forgot to take them!! So here's the Plan B shot! It takes multifarious stitches to create a beautiful lace doily. Here's a sample of a few.
It's a lot of work, but the end product is beautiful. I still have some of my Grandmother's doilies packed away. thank you for the reminder to get them out and use them.
ah, the crocheted doily. brings back memories of grade 5 home economics when no matter what i did i couldn't go beyond chain stitch. and in our household there's no one else to do or teach the projects to us. then when we moved on to tatting @pandorasecho the more i was at a loss. fortunately, i made up for my grades in the kitchen - i was the best dishwasher in school - pots and pans were spotlessly clean. nice take on the word, ann.
Thank you Maggie, Ana, Kerri, Rick, Dixie, Timothy, Dione, and Carla! I must clarify the shot for you- this is a pile of doilies, not one, but it certainly looks that way. They are generally spread out all over my house. But since my living and dining room are in a perpetual loop of redecorating and remodeling at this moment in time, they reside in a pile in my bedroom. Sad but true- their beauty is hidden for the moment. Secondly for those of you challenged in the stitchery department, I am right there with you!! I never mastered knitting, crochet or tatting. My aunt attempted to teach me how to knit a long timie ago but I never got it. Holding two needles and moving them around the yarn was beyond my dexterity abilities. I did do a couple pre-stamped cross-stitch projects but that merely required that I follow the pattern and use one needle. Like sewing (and let's face it, the machine does most of the work there!), if it has instructions I can handle it. On my own, forget it! I had a friend in high school (definitely eccentric in all ways!!) who decided she wanted to learn how to tat. To this day, I do not know how she figured out how to do it. It's beyond me. So don't feel bad. I had no part in making any of these beautiful examples, but my friend Wendy did make the third one in from the left.
@olivetreeann Thanks for your brief clarification... LOL. Don't worry, I realized they were several doilies together. I must thank Mrs. Klika, my HomeEc teacher in high school in Oregon, who taught me to do crochet, and it has been a relaxing technique that I have used in bad moments of my life.
@anazad511 I loved Home Ec for the cooking part- although I didn't mind the sewing section either. I'm glad you had a teacher who gave a lasting treasure- something along the lines of "teach a man how to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime."
Thank you Maggie, Ana, Kerri, Rick, Dixie, Timothy, Dione, and Carla! I must clarify the shot for you- this is a pile of doilies, not one, but it certainly looks that way. They are generally spread out all over my house. But since my living and dining room are in a perpetual loop of redecorating and remodeling at this moment in time, they reside in a pile in my bedroom. Sad but true- their beauty is hidden for the moment. Secondly for those of you challenged in the stitchery department, I am right there with you!! I never mastered knitting, crochet or tatting. My aunt attempted to teach me how to knit a long timie ago but I never got it. Holding two needles and moving them around the yarn was beyond my dexterity abilities. I did do a couple pre-stamped cross-stitch projects but that merely required that I follow the pattern and use one needle. Like sewing (and let's face it, the machine does most of the work there!), if it has instructions I can handle it. On my own, forget it! I had a friend in high school (definitely eccentric in all ways!!) who decided she wanted to learn how to tat. To this day, I do not know how she figured out how to do it. It's beyond me. So don't feel bad. I had no part in making any of these beautiful examples, but my friend Wendy did make the third one in from the left.