You will need
• cotton DK for doily
• 4mm crochet hook
• embroidery hoop (size depends on size of doily)
• lace fabric remnants
• beads
• craft glue
• clothes pegs

 

 

 

 

 

To make
1 Wind lace strips around the embroidery hoop and glue the ends with craft glue, using clothes pegs to keep the lace in place while the glue dries. Tie a piece of lace into a loop around the hoop for hanging up.

2 Cut long lengths of cotton DK and thread through each scallop of your doily (see the pattern below).

3 Place the doily in the centre of the hoop and tie the lengths of cotton around the hoop – pull the doily taut (to make it easier, place pegs around the doily then pull it taut). Repeat until all the lengths of cotton are tied to the hoop and the doily is taut.

4 Trim the lengths of cotton on the upper half of the hoop. Tie, braid and thread the remaining lace, cotton DK, beads, and so on, to the lengths of cotton on the bottom half of the hoop for decoration.

Pattern for doily
To crochet

Abbreviations
ch                    chain stitch
dc                    double crochet
sl st                 slip stitch
sp(s)               space(s)
st(s)                stitch(es)
tr                     treble
yo                    yarn over
2 tr tog           2 treble together
[yo twice, insert hook into next st, yo and pull up loop, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook (3 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into next st and pull up loop (5 loops on hook), yo and pull through 2 loops on hook (4 loops on hook), yo and pull through 3 loops on hook, yo and pull through last 2 loops on hook (count as 1 tr)]
3 tr tog 3 treble together; work as given for 2 tr tog, but work yo 3 times to begin, so you have 4 loops on the hook to start the stitch

Twist cotton DK around finger to form a ring.

1st row: 1 ch, 1 dc in ring, 2 ch, 23 tr in ring, sl st in 2nd ch.

2nd row: 1 ch, 1 dc in same place as sl st, 2 ch, 1 tr in each of next 2 tr, 3ch, (*1tr in each of next 3 tr, 3 ch)* 7 times, sl st in 2nd ch.

3rd row: 1 ch, 1 dc in same place as sl st, 2 tr tog, (*4 ch, 1 dc in 3 ch-sp, 4 ch, 3 tr tog)* 7 times, 4 ch, 1 dc in 3ch-sp, 2 ch, 1 tr in 2 tr tog.

4th row: 1 ch, 1 dc in tr-sp, 5 ch, (*1 dc in next 4 ch-sp, 5 ch)* 15 times, sl st in first dc, fasten off.