Alka and Arts: Beautiful Crochet Doily

Hello friends,

Here is my new Doily which I just loved. Ofcourse this combination may not like some friends but it is just the available yarns here I have. It will look beautiful with any of your favorite color combination.

I use yarns and 3.5 mm hook. I know that all of these yarns recommend 5 mm hook and then the doily will come out big also but in order that my subscribers who will make it with wool / yarns available in India should have the same measires when they will make it.

It's diameter is 30".

PATTERN: With Pink yarn,

R1: dc 12 in magic loop, cl (12), first dc is always ch3.

R2: dc2 in each st, cl (24)

R3: (dc1 in one st, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (36)

R4: (dc1 in 2 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (48)

R5: (dc1 in 3 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (60)

R6: (dc1 in 4 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (72) BO.

Join Green yarn at any st.

R7: [(dc1, ch2, dc1)V made, in one st, ch1, skip 3 sts then in next st] 18 times, cl.

Sl st till ch2-sp of V.

R8: [(dc2, ch2, dc2)shell, in ch2-sp, ch1] 18 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp of shell.

R9: [shell on shell, ch2] 18 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp of

R10: same as R9

R11: [shell on shell, ch3] 18 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp of

R12: [shell on shell, ch4] 18 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp of

R13: [shell on shell, ch5] 18 times, cl, BO.

Join pink yarn in ch2-sp of any shell. We recount this petal pattern from R1, R2,....

R1: [6dc-popcorn, ch2, dc7 in ch5-sp, dc1 on 2 dc-sts, dc3 in ch2-sp, dc1 on 2 dc-sts, dc7 in ch5-sp, ch2] 9 times, cl. (total 21 dcs, 9 popcorns)

R2: 6dc-popcorn in ch2-sp (after popcorn in R1), [ch2, skip first 2 dc sts, dc1 in each of the 17 sts, skip last 2 dc-sts, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch4, popcorn in next ch2-sp] rep till end, lastly, ch2, dc17, ch2, popcorn in next ch2-sp, ch4, join by sl st the first popcorn made.

Sl st in ch2-sp.

R3: [popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, skip first and last 2 dcs, dc1 in each of dcs 13 in between, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, dc1 in ch4-sp, ch2, dc1 in same ch4-sp, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2] rep till end, lastly popcorn ch2, dc1 in ch4-sp, ch2, dc1 in same sp, ch2, cl by sl st in first popcorn.

sl st in ch2-sp.

R4: [popcorn, ch2, skip first and last 2 dc-sts, make dc 1 on each of the 9 dc-sts, in between, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, dc1 in top of the popcorn, ch2, dc on dc-st, ch2, dc on dc-st, ch2, dc 1 on the top of popcorn, ch2] rep till end, cl. (7ch2-spaces).

Sl st in ch2-sp.

R5: [popcorn, ch2, skip first and last 2 dc-sts, make dc 1 on each of the 5 dc-sts, in between, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, dc on top of popcorn, (ch2, dc on dc-st) 4 times, ch2, dc on popcorn top, ch2] rep till end, cl. (7 ch2-spaces in between 2 popcorns)

R6: [popcorn, ch2, skip first and last dc-sts, make 3dc-tog in between, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, dc on top of popcorn, (ch2, dc on dc-st) 6 times, ch2, dc on popcorn top, ch2] rep till end, cl. (9 ch2-spaces in between two popcorns)

R7: [popcorn in ch2-sp before 3dc-tog, ch2, dc on top of the popcorn, (ch2, dc on dc) 8 times, ch2, dc on top of the popcorn, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp after popcorn, ch2] rep till end, cl. (11 ch2-spaces in between two popcorns).

R8:[popcorn in ch2-sp in between two popcorns of previous round, ch2, dc on top of popcorn, (ch2, dc on dc) 10 times, ch2, dc on top of popcorn, ch2] rep till end, cl. (11 open windows, 2 half open windows, that is 13 ch2-spaces in between 2 popcorns).