First Doily Finished....question

[MsSuzKelly]

I Just finished the Crochet-Along Hearts Doily from the Crochet Memories website. It's my first doily! And I must say I did a pretty good job.

 

Now I need to finish it by blocking and starching. It does not lay flat AT ALL - is this normal? Or did I do something wrong? I am thinking I need to pin it and shape it????

 

thanks for any adivce!

 

Suzy

 

 

 

There it is all finished. I am quite pleased with the results. And want to share what I used for blocking. I picked up a pack of 4 square foam pads from Walmart yesterday and pinned it to one of those, then spritzed with a mixture of Sta Flo and Water. Turned out quite nice, no? Now, onto the next doily!!!

[lhasaapsolady]

Most times blocking and starching will do the trick. Without seeing picture of how bad its curled couldn't tell if there was a mistake or not.

[Katy]

There are two recent threads on this topic right in this thread crochet forum. Check out Stiffen a large project, and Help Needed: How to block doilies.

 

These guys wrote very good instructions for finishing your doily. I just pin mine on cardboard and spray starch them. But these guys have much better ideas, and I will try their methods soon as I finish something. Good luck. And put a picture out for us to see if you can.

[MsSuzKelly]

Here's a pic.

 

[MsSuzKelly]

Ooh, I feel silly. I just read that thread. Guess I should've looked before posting...

 

Great Ideas there. I can't wait to get this thing looking right.

[Katchkan]

That looks really good, but will look even better when blocked. It's amazing what blocking does for a doily. There are lots of methods to do it as stated. You just have to figure out which one works best for you.

Look forward to seeing it again blocked.

[MsSuzKelly]

So, they usually look like that before blocking??? LOL

 

I need to get myself some nice rust proof pins! I KNEW I should've picked them up when I was eyeing them at Joann's the last time, but I had no idea I would be doing this at that time.

[MimiFL]

Well it depends on the doily, but yes, they'll often look pretty bad before blocking. Yours looks pretty good. I'm sure it'll look great when it's blocked.

 

FYI, I think that hearts CAL is one that's particularly prone to not lying flat until you block it, so don't panic if yours doesn't. Mine didn't lie flat when I made it. It did after I blocked it.

[MsSuzKelly]

Ahhh, ok. Thanks so much for the feedback. I appreciate it. I hope I can thyself to the store today to get some pins!!!!

[MsSuzKelly]

Updated with a pic of blocked doily in my first post on thread.

[yarncat]

Beautiful doily,Suzy!

[Mel2nsluvsCrochet]

That is a great doily! Even after blocking it, it looks great!

[Riohnna]

Lovely doily!!

[kambicon]

this is really nice, It was nice to see a before and after picture of the blocking.

[MullersLaneFarm]

Beautiful!! I love pineapple doilies