Halloween & Gold

[MimiFL]

Last of the Halloween doilies, promise.

 

 

This one is from a Decorative Crochet magazine. I thought it looked "scary" so I call it my "Fright" doily. Turned out to be about 12" across. Pretty repetitive pattern (i.e. boring). I did 23 rows of this instead of the original... 27? I think...

 

 

This next one (and the last Halloween doily) is my spiderweb doily, from an online pattern... which turned out to be wrong so I had to come up with an edging for it. Which is ironic because I had picked that pattern precisely because I liked the edging. Oh well. I still like it, though, even without the original edging. This one's about 10" across.

 

 

Finally, this is the spooky doily I posted here recently, which I mentioned I also did in gold metallic. Here's the finished product.

 

[Brandybuck]

I absolutely love them. Fantastic work.

[sunnywolfgar]

Oh I love all your doilys, but that gold one is really awesome! Looks really Itailan--English looking. Love it!

[lhasaapsolady]

Very nice job on all 3, but the gold is absolutely my fav.

[jaclim]

the last one is also my favorite! great work on all three!

[Tampa Doll]

Very pretty. Love the gold one.

[caitlinsmom]

I love them all. You are really good with doilies. The gold is very eye catching.

[PoisonApple]

I love the fright doily...that actuallly looks like something I might be able to do. Thread and I aren't getting along.

 

If you know off hand...what magazine was it? *crosses fingers she can order it back issue*

[angel]

Great doilies (as usual!)

 

-- Michelle

[Wendy79]

I keep coming back to this post just to gaze at the gold doily. It's so beautiful!

[ferosah]

Beautiful work Mimi, I just love the metallic gold doily. Well done my dear, Keep up the good work.

Hugs

Ferosa

[mimicat]

Wow! the gold doily is beautiful!!!

I like the "spooky" doily too, its worth the time doing the repetitive stitches.

[lindy]

I love all of them. Very pretty!

[unicorn37757]

Those are really beautiful! Great work!

[Pixiewings]

I just LOVE the orange and black one!!! They are all beautiful though.

[blondi]

They are all absolutely beautiful. I just bought a new light so that I can work with black. You did a great job.

[MimiFL]

Thank you all.

 

PoisonApple, I know it was Decorative Crochet, but I'll look for the issue number when I get home.

[1to1]

All your doilies are beautiful and your blocking is perfect!!

[MimiFL]

Did some research, and the "Fright" doily is from Decorative Crochet, January 1998 (issue #61), pattern #10 by Glendola Hodges. It's called "Lightning Speed" and is rated "Easy to Make".

[Starr]

I love them all, but the black and orange one is my fave

[kidge]

Beautiful

 

Question: I have never worked with the metallic yarn like that .. how hard is it .. is it stiff?

 

 

 

Kidge

[PoisonApple]

thanks sooooo much Mimi. That was really kind of you!

[Hounddog]

Mimi your doilies are really pretty love them all

Darlene

[yarncat]

Cool doilies!

[MimiFL]

Kidge, metallic thread is stiffer than regular thread, especially after it's crocheted, and it's rough on the hands, too, after a while. It's just a pain to use, so I usually try to keep it for edgings. In this case, I think the end result was good motivation, and I'm glad I stuck with it. It really does make a doily special.