- central motif finished; cut and rejoined thread to start outer octagon shape.

- 13 1/2" unblocked - size 30 Cebelia thread - size 11 & 1.25mm hooks

from Crochet Fantasy 173, Feb 2004; made 2 cuts between sections that are worked back and forth in rows; avoided further cuts by working Ro...

- in Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1 , 1912, Boston MA, found on the Antique Pattern Library website Fig 98-99

from Crochet Fantasy 173, Feb 2004 - ran out of thread; up to Rnd 14 of 29; almost 7" across, sb closer to 9" diameter, far short...

DMC chrysanthemums and Harvey, Lula M. 's leaves

DMC's Senso Metallic and Onaree's chrysanthemums.

... pattern on Ravelry and photo on Irish Crochet Lovers Yahoo page, memberships required - 4 sections done, 7 petals and center ball to g...

Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1 Fig. 34 - Thistle, an abbreviated version using padding Fig. 43, Scroll Fig. 42 Leaf Fig. 41 Rose

... from previous years, also from talented DSIL.

Fig. 27

eta: better method at this YouTube link . Today, I learned another way to make a Clones Knot (... like the two bottom ones in the photo) eta...

19 1/2" unblocked, sb 18" - size 30 Cebelia, 1 x 50g ball - size 10 Milward steel crochet hook

- on Round 2 of edging with little left of the first ball of Cordonnet size 30 thread, size 10 steel crochet hook

- a pattern from 1945 - hate cutting and weaving in threads so am making cluster/filler stitches as I make the outer pinwheels

from Favorite Doilies ... done.

Summer Sun Vanity Fair, Favorite Doilies, 1945 size 30 thread - 3 1/2" , steel hook 10 size 10 thread, steel hooks 6 - 5 1/4" ; 4...

These wonderful cookies were a gift from DSIL - she's so talented! Sweet Dreams by C. Strohmeyer finished Dec 28 otn: another pattern fr...

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 th...