Uk doily patterns!

[Catrina]

Hi all.
I'm looking for online doily patterns in uk, but can't find anything!
Does anyone know of any good sites with uk crochet patterns on?:think

[EugeneClarence]

Is there a reason why you especially want UK patterns? US patterns are easy to convert to UK terminolgy.
http://www.karpstyles.com/crochet/UKtoUS.html

This is a wonderful site for doily patterns in US terminology.
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/celtwich/Doilies.html

EugeneClarence

[nightowl]

Hello Catrina, nice to meet you!

I'm in the UK too and as far as I know, there isn't such a site. As you probably already know, crochet doesn't have much of a public presence here and there is a real dearth of good patterns and information.

Most online patterns are in US terms, so we have to adapt :) I agree with EugeneClarence, though, it's really very easy. The main thing to remember is to always go "up a step" for the UK stitch. For instance:

US single crochet = UK double crochet
US half-double crochet = UK half-treble
US double = UK treble
US treble = UK double-treble

After a little practice you'll find you don't have to translate, you'll automatically know which stitch is which. I have to admit I'm so used to US terms now that I have to think hard when doing a British pattern :lol

If it's not only free patterns you're looking for, Crochet Monthly is full of pretty doilies. It used to be entirely in UK terms but now includes both "languages". You could try buying one from Ebay to see if you'd like to subscribe. (Some newsagents might order it for you, but mine wouldn't, grrrr.)

Smiles,

[Catrina]

Ah, thank you both ever so much for all your help. I now understand why my patterns that I was trying out were not working, I was trying to do UK crochet to US patterns. Doh!!!!
I bought a UK crochet book and learnt the UK way, so now I've wrote down your conversions and will look up US versions and try them out and get back to you by posting my crocheted items on the opropriate thread.
I knew that some knitting terms/needle sizes were different, but with me being new to crochet I hadn't realised that it was different or that it wasn't as popular as I though in the Uk. I don't know why though!
But thank you both very much for your help, it is highly appreciated!!!

[EugeneClarence]

Catrina,
Since you learned from a UK book you might want to purchase a book in US terminology with lots of stitch patterns, like Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Crochet or Betty Barden's The Crochet Stitch Bible. Either of these will firmly immerse you in US terminology so that you will be able to completely enjoy all the free US crochet patterns.

My sister lives in London and is always finding so many wonderful yarns that I can't find here. Crochet may not be that popular in the UK but you have wonderful fiber resources.

It's so nice to meet two people from the other side of the pond as a result of a love of crochet.

EugeneClarence