Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year!!


My wish for each and every one of my followers:

May 2013 bring to you and  your family
everything that you hope for and more!
Most importantly,
May you be blessed with health and happiness!

LindaCrochets

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Jasmine

This doily is called Jasmine and can be found in issue #120 from June 1999 of Magic Crochet.  It was made with #20 thread using a #10 hook and measures 19 inches across.  I think the Bruges crochet lace makes it an outstanding doily.





 
 
Thanks for stopping by!


 


Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas

Simple joys, little pleasures,
Laughter and smiles in big measures
Friends, family, togetherness, love...
The choicest blessings from above.
Peace, prosperity and happiness too...
All these and more are my wishes for you!
My special wish is a
 BLESSED Christmas
To each and every one of my followers!!!






Sunday, December 23, 2012

Tapete Bicolor doily

This doily comes from  a magazine series called "Ganchillo".  You will find many of them on Picasa.  It was made with #10 thread using a #8 hook and measures 17 inches across.

 
 
The outter edge reminds me of Bruges lace crochet.



 
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Linda
 

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

A new look

With this being the Christmas season I decided to do a quick change in my background and header.  The header is made up of four Christmas theme doilies I've made.  I found the poka dots in an image on line and after some playing around in Adobe Photoshop, I was able to make it into a background wallpaper for the blog.

Now the blog goes along with the season.

Linda

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Christmas Tree Doily

Thought I would share a project from a couple of years ago.  I so love this doily!  I know I've made 4 or 5 of them to date for friends.  In fact, I don't think I even have one in my personal collection.  I will definitely have to make myself one soon! 

The pattern comes from a little magazine called Annie's Favorite Crochet (some of you probably remember it) and was in the December 2004 issue.  It was actually all in white in the magazine, and the last round was more like shells.

Over the years I've changed the last round to what  you see in these pictures.





Thanks for taking the time to visit!!!

Linda

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Possible edging

I was looking thru my electronic files of a "zillion" patterns/books/magazines I have collected over the years and found this picture.  I immediately thought of substituting the cloth center for the poinsettia tapestry center.  Changing the red thread to green in the edging, and changing the gold to red.  Wouldn't that be pretty!

Sabrina Ouvrages Magazine #130


Linda

Monday, December 03, 2012

Current project-Vintage Pineapple Doily

Well, the decision was made.  It will be ONE color.  After the previous post I continued on with white as the 2nd color, but it just didn't look "right".  I finally decided this pattern is so delicate and detailed looking it needed to be only one color.  I "frogged" all the white out and picked back up the primary color.  Five additional rows have been completed and it looks so much better.

Thanks to everyone that left a comment on my dilemma!  I definitely will be making this one again in white. 

For those that asked, I found the book here.

Linda

Sunday, December 02, 2012

An opinion please....

I'm currently working on a very old vintage pattern simply called Pineapple Doily from a 1914 publication.  Here's the front cover of the book along with a picture of the finished doily in the book.



I seem to be into some color right now, so initially I decided to do this one in color.....then thought about two colors.  I choose Lizbeth #20, color #657 for the center and white for the outter part.  I've finished the center part and started the white.  The center was trying to ripple some, so I stopped and blocked it to see what the final doily would look like.  Here's what I've got.   Now I'm doubting myself on the two colors.



 

Question, should I continue with the Lizbeth color #657 and make it a one color doily, or continue with white and have a two-tone doily?    I'm just not sure. It's such a stunning vintage doily!

Thanks in advance for adding your "2 ¢"....

Linda
 

Saturday, December 01, 2012

I present to you the "Poinsettia Tapestry Doily"

This was my first attempt at the tapestry crochet stitch.  I'm really pleased at how it turned out.  It was made with #10 thread using a #9 hook, and measures 17 1/2 inches from point to point.  As I said before, the outter edging of pineapples was duplicated from a photo of a finished doily I saw on the web.  This is also my first attempt at crocheting from a photo of a finished piece and not an actual pattern.


 


This one is a gift to a dear friend, but I will definitely be making another one for myself!

Thanks for stopping by.....

Linda