Crochet Doily 7

Doily with 3D Flowers

Fig 1

Hello friends,
Doily making is always a fun. Here is the new doily I made. The yarn used is Vardhamaan 4 ply yarns in three colours and 3.5 mm crochet hook.
Pattern: Central Flower:
R1: In a magic loop make ch 2, hdc 16, cl by sl st in first hdc, fig 2.
R2: ch 7, (tr 1 in next st, ch 3) repeat, cl, (16 windows formed). Fig 3.
R3: ch 4, tr8 in ch 3 space, tr 9 in left side tr, join by sc 1 in corresponding st in round 1 of hdc, (tr 9 on right side trof previous round, tr 9 on ch 3 gap, tr 9 on right side tr of previous round, join by sc 1 in corresponding st in round 1 of hdc) 7 times, tr 9 on remaining tron right side, cl by sl st in first tr that is 4th ch made in this round, fig 4 and 5.
Central flower made. There are 5 unworked ch3-gaps on the back side, seen clearly. Join white yarn with one of such unworked ch3-gap on back side.

Fig 2

Fig 3

Fig 4

R1 with white yarn: ch 3, dc 4 in same ch3-gap, (ch 5, dc 5 in next ch3-gap) repeat, cl, fig 6.
R2: ch 2, in complete dc in next 4 sts, YO and pass through all sts fix it by ch 1 (that is 5dctog made), [ch 3, shell in next ch 5 gap, (shell means dc 2, ch 3, dc 2 in ch 5-gap), ch 3, 5dctog] repeat till end, cl. Fig 7.

Fig 5

Fig 6

R3:ch 4, skip first dc, dc 1 on next st, shell in ch 3 gap of shell in previous round, [dc 1 in next st, skip last dc stitch, ch 3, incomplete dc 1 before and incomplete dc 1 after the 5dctog stitch of previous round YO and pass through all the three sts (that is 2dctog made), ch 3] rep, cl by incomplete dc before joint (means 2dctog of previous round).
R4: incomplete dc after joint, [ch

Fig 7

3, skip first dc of previous round, dc 1 on each st till ch2-sp, shell in that ch2-sp, dc 1 on each st, skip last dc stitch of previous round, ch 3, 2dctog at joint] rep, cl as above round.
I made further rounds as round 4, every time number of sts arount shell increases. This will be continued till there are 8 dc sts on both sides of ch3-space of shell. Fig 8.

Fig 8

Fig 9

Green Border: Join green yarn in between ( means not at any cornerup or corner down).
Ch 3, dc 1 in each st except at the top ch 3 st of shell where we have to make 4 dcs and the lower corner of joint where we make 3dctog.

Fig 10

Small Flowers:Ring of ch 5.
R2: ch 5, [(dc 1, ch 2, dc 1) in next st, ch 2] rep, cl. Five Vs formed.
R3: ch 3, dc 4 in ch2-gap, dc 5 on right dc of V, sc 1 in base st, [dc 5 on right part dc of V, dc 5 on ch 2 sp, dc 5 on left partdc of V, sc 1 in base st] rep, lastly dc 5 on right part dc of V, sl st, cl.
I made such 8 flowers . Then sew big pearl at the centre of each joining their petals.
Sew one at each corner as shown in fig 1.
The beautiful doily is here.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

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