2 Trish K Doilies

[dixieredhead]

Just had time to post these pics. The 1st one is from doilies with a twist. #6

the 2nd pic is from the best of patricia kristoffersen #2.

the 3rd pic is some snowflakes I completed this week. They worked up great, but the stiffening was hectic.:thair



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[Katchkan]

:flakeThose are beautiful doilies and your snowflakes are great. :yay :flake :yay What are you using to stiffen them? :think

[crochetrae]

Nice doilies, but it's the SNOWFLAKES that blew me away. Beautiful.

Susan

[momofgmd]

Very pretty. Love the snowflakes! I have to say I wish all snow just came that way. :wink

[Kathleen]

OMG that is gorgeous!

[dixieredhead]

Thank you All!!

i read somewhere to use a mixture of equal portions of elmers glue and water. Found out to use PLASTIC WRAP over whatever you pin them down to though, the hard way. Snowflakes are really hard to block right. or at least to me they were. I'm not used to all that intricate pinning. I'd make more, if someone else would block them :lol

[monael]

Awesome job! Everything is so beautiful. But those snowflakes are just incredible. :clap

[princsstrish]

WOW, those are all so gorgeous! You do fantastic work!! Trish K doilies are beautiful but I find them a little beyond my expertise so far :)

[123mama]

Everything is just beautiful.:manyheart


sondra

[RachelG]

Oh wow!!!!!!! I love everything!!!! :manyheart

[sissymamma]

Absolutely gorgeous work, Stacey! :manyheart them all!

I must try that glue & water technique with snowflakes. They are very tedious & finnicky things to block, aren't they? :sigh

[Julie]

Gorgeous, great job!!

I use wax paper to lay my snowflakes out on before I pin them. And I'm with you, blocking them is finicky work. I try not to block more than three at a time, in other words doing them as I go. It's my least favorite part of making snowflakes though the results are more than worth it.

[yarncat]

Stunning doilies & snowflakes,Stacey!

[marymac]

Very beautiful, Stacey! Excellent work and I love the flakes!

[Irene]

What a beautiful work!!! I love everything. And thank you for the tip for blocking. :yay :yay

[mamaoso]

:manyheart the doilies. and the :flake are beautiful !!!

[vernzap]

So beautiful! They are all great. :manyheart

[dogymom]

Awesome!:manyheart

[susannahk]

It's the snowflakes that are BEAUTIFUL!
wHERE can I get the patterns given that I'm in the UK?
i'D LOVE TO DO SOME AS x-MAS decorations....and I have to do some thread crochet for a course I'm on , they'd be ideal!What's the hook size? I'm only a beginner....:cheer

[jaclim]

Beautiful, Stacey! I love everything! You've inspired me to try making some snowflakes..... :-)))))))

[Kimberly]

Wow! Those doilies are awesome!! And the snowflakes are great! I believe that I am using the same book on my current round of Snowflakes for my Christmas cards....finished the first one so far :)

SusannahK - I sent you a PM with some sites and information on snowflakes! Anyone else looking for information, please send me a PM.

[Mel2nsluvsCrochet]

Absolutely fabulous work on those doilies AND those cute snowflakes!!

[Katandia]

Love the patterns you used!

[CrochetKitty]

Wow! Those snowflakes are stunning! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/animal/animal0083.gif

[sunnywolfgar]

I love everything you made you did wonderful on all 3... But I keep really looking and studying the 1st one its an eye catcher! Wow!


My question is tho is there bullion stitches in there going around looks like 8th or 9th row? Whatever it is thats very striking! Love the look!

Is that your made up pattern or a pattern you came across?

Now that you got those done whats on your next project?:hook

After I finished Dots baby knee high booties I plan to start a bunch of doiles I have in mind--wim==work in mind....


Terry Devine
crochetier for 37 yrs and counting......

[Tampa Doll]

Everything is really beautiful.:cheer

I love the snowflakes. :flake :flake :flake

I remember well, the blocking of them. I spent a whole year doing nothing but snowflakes and such for my tree. I made graphs for under the wax paper or plastic wrap. The graph depended on how many points were in the snowflake. If you like, pm me with your e-mail and I will send them to you. It makes the blocking easier.



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Originally Posted by susannahk
It's the snowflakes that are BEAUTIFUL!
wHERE can I get the patterns given that I'm in the UK?
i'D LOVE TO DO SOME AS x-MAS decorations....and I have to do some thread crochet for a course I'm on , they'd be ideal!What's the hook size? I'm only a beginner....:cheer



As for snowflakes. Try this site. They have quite a few.:hook


http://www.crochetpatterncentral.co.../snowflakes.php (http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/snowflakes.php)

[MorMonsen]

Beautiful doilies and snowflakes!

You have reminded me that I have a bunch of snowflakes laying around waiting for some blocking. I wonder if they get blocked before Christmas... ;)

[dixieredhead]

Thank you all for the comments!:hug I have made 6 more snowflakes, just havent got the courage to block again yet. LOL. :lol Those snowflakes come from LA-Lacy Snowflakes. They are multi sizes, all with size 10 thread. And most are very easy.

[sunnywolfgar]

After you block them put them in the car. During the day the car can get hot or warmer depending on where you live and they can get dry faster. Thats what I do put them on cookie sheet,,,foam board etc. and then they go in the van...

crochetier for 37 years and counting

[faithpa76]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!! You are so talented, Stacey!!

[goldi316]

Your doilies are absolutely stunning! And I just :manyheart the snowflakes - you've inspired me to give them a try. I've sent off pm's to both Kimberly and Mary Jo for their info, etc, and will be pulling out my #10 and hooks. :hook

Soon, maybe I'll even get a chance to try a doily. I think I tried many years ago, but wasn't sufficiently experienced to make it work. I've got a LOT of doily patterns in my collection, as I've always wanted to do them, just never got around to it. They were always for "someday", maybe that day has arrived? :)

[lakota85usa]

Thank you All!!

i read somewhere to use a mixture of equal portions of elmers glue and water. Found out to use PLASTIC WRAP over whatever you pin them down to though, the hard way. Snowflakes are really hard to block right. or at least to me they were. I'm not used to all that intricate pinning. I'd make more, if someone else would block them :lol

I use equal portions of Elmer's and water and it works great. I also found that wax paper works great. To block them, I drew up a 6 or 8 pointed template, depending on the snowflake, on the computer, printed it out and put it under the wax paper. It definitely helps with the blocking and when it gets warn out, I just print out another. :)) You did a wonderful job on the doilies and snowflakes.