Holiday Delights

These wonderful cookies were a gift from DSIL - she's so talented!






Sweet Dreams by C. Strohmeyer finished Dec 28

otn: another pattern from C. Strohmeyer, July's Summer Sun

Sweet Dreams wip

OTN: Sweet Dreams, the month of May's entry in C. Stohmeyer's A Year of Doilies, (modifying the last round to avoid cutting the thread.)

Loads of snow in the Lower Mainland over the holidays with more to come.

Snow Flurry, finished

A Year of Doilies, 1991 Leisure Arts 2120

- 14" unblocked doily, (15" in leaflet)
- size 10 thread
- 1.5 mm hook
- altered the last 3 Rounds for sharp points rather than round ones
- a gift for Mom

Snow Flurry Doily

... by C Strohmeyer, a wip at Rnd 16 of 21.

Snow Flurry wip

- the December design from Leisure Arts, A Year in Doilies
- how apropos since we had a huge storm yesterday and with more to come later today, currently a windchill of -37C, brrrr...

Hazel Henry's, Fruit of the Tree Doily

Decorative Crochet Magzine, September 1997, #59
8" pink doily using size 30 thread & 0.75/0.6 mm steel hooks




red Irish Rose/Leaf motif from a napkin ring pattern in The International Collection of Crochet Patterns

Irish Lace/Tea Time Doily by Dot Drake

- size 20 thread, 1.0 mm steel hook.
I am learning how to make a variation of a clones knot;
- hold thread, between hook and left hand, with left thumb and index finger
- make 1st wrap to the right of thumb
- make 2nd wrap to the left of thumb
- pull 2nd wrap through 1st one, release thread from left thumb/index finger, then snug up the loop just made on hook; rpt for number of required loops.
- must remember to make the second-to-last loop looser otherwise the hook will not go cleanly through all the loops on hook; takes a lot of practice.
How anyone does this with size 70 or 100 thread is amazing!

eta: YouTube link

Paisley Long Shawl & Anemones

2/28 Cashmere from Colourmart in the UK.
3.25 mm circulars
74" x 17" after blocking with fringe; 48" x 16" before blocking and fringe






- still working out the edging for this Irish crochet project.