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March 20, 2006

Square Pineapple Doily

Filed under: Crochet: Thread - Turtleheart @ 5:10 am

My latest doily! I thought this would be a nice doily for my altar. Easy to find pineapple designs, not so easy to find square doily patterns. This one is from Priscilla’s Crochet.

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I had some difficulty following this pattern, very frustrating; had to sit it aside for a while. I ended up using blue and yellow highlighters to mark ** and [] sections of the pattern, and that helped a lot in following the repetitions. Another thing that would have made reading the pattern easier would have been if stitch names, like shell stitch, had been used instead of writing out 2dc, ch3, 2dc every time. Still, its a great pattern, and I’m pleased with how it turned out.

Shamrock Bookmarks

Filed under: Crochet: Thread - Turtleheart @ 4:08 am

This is a pattern from “3 Dozen and One Bookmarks” by Annie’s Attic, done a couple different ways.

With a varigated thread…

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… and then, as an experiment, I decided to replace the picot stitches with beads.

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It gives a different effect; not sure if I like it or not.

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