324/365 - "Ananas" Doily

This was my first attempt at a larger doily (larger than about six inches in diameter). I was pretty happy with this one, though it proved more complicated than I thought it would. (I guess I sometimes don't focus enough on the pattern. It is shameful, I know. ;o))

305/365 - Ananas Doily, Not Yet Blocked

I haven't blocked it yet, but you can get the general idea. :o)

(The thread isn't actually this color at all, by the way. The adjacent photo in my Flickr photostream is more accurate.)

302/365 - Ananas Doily in Progress

This is my first larger doily... And by "larger", I mean larger than approximately six inches in diameter.

I was fairly proud of myself until I saw that it was marked as "uncomplicated". (The reason it took me so long to see that was that the text was written in German. Fortunately, there was a diagram. Diagrams are officially my preferred form of crochet pattern, now. I actually turn up my nose at the written ones and seriously consider if I like it well enough to wade through all that messy text.) This doily got only two stars out of I-know-not-how-many. Oh well, I guess a doily doesn't have to be difficult to be worthy of pride.

P.S. "Ananas" means "pineapple" in Swedish and apparently also in German. There are pineapples in this doily pattern, though they weren't visible at this point.

204/365 - Doilies

This photo's a bit of a trick. There are really only three doilies, and they aren't even shown in their proper scale (relative to one another). Blame it on Photoshop.

So, doilies. (As you'll already know if you've seen the individual photos of the doilies, which I posted some time ago on Flickr. . .) I've begun crocheting doilies. I'm still a novice, but I was gratified to discover that it's not quite so tricky as I thought it might be. It's also just as much fun as I'd hoped it would be.

I'm currently on a break from doilies, though. For the time being, I've found another (larger) project to work on when I have the time to crochet. (Photos of the other project will show up one of these days. . .)

186/365 - Doily

Despite the sometimes virulent anti-doily sentiment that seems to be popular these days (though I've heard rumors of a "that's so granny" phase that may be just around the corner), I'm not afraid to admit that I have recently embarked on a journey of doily-crocheting discovery. Or something. . . Anyway, I've started crocheting doilies, because I like them and think they're fun to make.

This one didn't work out perfectly, and it was my own fault. (When is it not, though?) I saw early on that I had the wrong number of do-dads (some sort of stitch), but I didn't want to go back, so I just said to myself, "Let's see where this goes." Turns out, it went to not having the perfect number on the last round. (Who would've thought, right?)

Eh, it's ok. It's just some scrap thread (bigger than the traditional #10 bedspread weight), and the mistake is only noticeable when you look at the whole thing at once. When I put something on it (with the mismatchy part in the back), no-one will ever be the wiser (unless they've read this, that is).

P.S.  This is an "in progress" shot, in case you can't tell.  I was about halfway through the last round at this point.