Yes - doileys. A bit old-fashioned maybe? But I didn't set out to make a doiley. Inspired by Hen House who makes such beautiful flower corsages in felt, I fancied trying to make one in crochet.
I knew I had a pattern somewhere for a corsage of violets in crochet so I set about searching for it. Eventually I found it here on Ravelry...
Of course, I set about making the doiley bit first but found this more difficult than it looked! Firstly, of course, I didn't realise the pattern was not in UK terms (you'd think I'd have learnt by now!) and the doiley was much smaller than it should have been.
Then, when I realised my mistake, I made another, but found the instructions (in my opinion) unnecessarily complicated so, of course, I modified them. I ended up modifying the entire doiley pattern after having made several versions in various thread weights...
When I felt I had got the hang of it, I went on to the flowers. I didn't even try to follow the pattern for these (I just wanted flowers - not necessary for them to be violets) so I used one of my own patterns and tried various thread weights. You can find my patterns on Ravelry if you want to try them yourself.
Currently, I am on the stems. I have tried knitting an i-cord but that took forever with 2 mm needles and fine thread! So, I made a chain and worked into it in the same way I made the Little Beaded Bracelet. So far I have only made one out of the 5 stems needed, but I think it's going to be fine...
Tune in tomorrow (as they say) to see the finished article (I hope)!
2 comments:
Looking great! Can't wait to see tomorrows finished flowers...J
G'day Penny. You really are one clever lady. Take care. Liz...
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