FILET DOILY

Small Doily

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Comments: This little doily can be customized at your pleasure; for example, all of you that asked me for a name doily, can use this pattern in the following way; crochet following diagram rows 1..10, then start crocheting your name and finish in a symmetric way. It will result in a big gift runner! The sample for this doily is crocheted with FILET #1

Size : 4.5 x 7.5 inches (11.5 x 19 cm)

Material : Pearl cotton # 8, hook 1.25 mm (Bates steel #9); you can substitute with Cebelia #20 or equivalent cordonnet thread (but the gauge can slightly vary)

Difficulty: easy/medium

Directions

Start with 56 ch.

Row 1. Dc in 8th ch from hook (7 chs = 2 ch + dc + 2 ch), *ch 2, sk 2 ch, dc in next ch* Repeat * to * 15 times more: 17 empty squares.

.Rows 2-25 . Proceed following the diagram.,(If the above link does not work, click here)

Look carefully at diagram for crocheting webs. At the end of row 25, do not cut thread; crochet the edging

Edge: 1. 3 dc in ea sp, all around, 3 ch in corners;

2. Starting in a corner: (2 dc, 2 ch, 2 dc in corner sp), 5 ch, sk 2 dc, *sc in next dc, 5 ch, sk 2 dc, dc in next dc, sk 2 dc*; repeat * to * along sides , making [(2 dc, 2 ch, 2 dc), 5 ch, sk 2 dc] in corners. Join in first st, cut thread.

Tassel: Using a 6" cardboard piece, wrap thread 40 times around cardboard. Cut thread on a side of cardboard, and distribute the 40 strands obtained in 4 empty squares in first row. Wrap a thread piece 5 times around tassel, knot and cut.

N.B. Substitute first dc with 3 ch; for a filet primer, with increase and decrease explanations, go here

N.B.

• Always substitute (also if not explicitly said) first st in a row as follows:
• first sc with 1 ch, sc;
• first hdc with 2 ch;
• first dc with 3 ch;
• first tr with 4 ch...and so on;
• When you read "sl st to <location>", where the location is not immediately contiguous to last st, this means of course "an appropriate number of sl sts for reaching <location>".
• Also if I do not specify it, if you lasted prev row on a st (say st1), while you must start next row in another st (say st2), make an appropriate number of sl sts to reach st2.

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