Little Doily No. 89 - Finished!

Remember this little doily that I started more than a month ago?

From the book 99 Little Doilies:

Finally, I was able to finish it two weeks ago but due to being busy, it was only now that I can post a picture of it:

It is not blocked yet, so will just post a photo again, hopefully soon.  I used Anchor thread no. 10 with 1.65mm crochet hook.  It's indicated in the book that the finished sized will be 8.5 inches.  Mine is only 6 inches so I guess I crocheted it too tightly.    One thing I like about Patricia Kristoffersen's patterns is that, although they are hard to do, it is so easy to block them.  Maybe it is because of the texture and details which I like so much.

Right now, although I cannot post regularly, my hook never goes empty.  I'm doing some coasters that as soon as I finish them, will also post photos here.

Am really sorry for being always absent here...

Have a nice week ahead and take care everyone :-)

Doilies Unblocked

In my last post, I confessed that I finally gave in to starting something after being good for one month.  Actually, honestly, I started not only one but two doilies.  It is a repeat of this design that I did early last year which is so easy to do and have shown in this post:

These are the photos of the new one when I started it.  Sorry for the heavy photos, as usual, my son was playing with his camera:

And here it is together with my start of Little Doily No. 89:

I brought it once in the office so that I can do it during lunch break and here's how my desk looked like:

The design is from this Japanese crochet book:

 

Finished but unblocked.  Looks like a big potato chip:

By the way, anybody of you remember this WIP from a previous post?:

It's now finished but also unblocked:

Now you've seen two ugly ducklings and we'll see in the future how they will look like after blocking.

This is all for now my friends.  Thanks for dropping by and have a nice week ahead.

Hugs :-)

Little Doily No. 89

After being good for a month and didn't start anything, I finally gave in and started doily number 89 from the book 99 Little Doilies.  Here's the picture of the doily in the book:

Look at the details please.  When  I saw it, I got afraid of starting it.

And here's my interpretation.  My son was experimenting with his camera so the three photos:

Well, let's see how it will turn out when I finish it.

Thanks for reading and have a nice week ahead :-)

Another Forgotten Doily

While cleaning my cabinet, I saw a doily I made maybe several months ago that I completely forgotten to post about.  It is from this Japanese crochet book that I bought around 2 years ago.  The doily on the cover is what I made:

 

And I remember that I even blocked it.  Here's the photo while it's being blocked.  Love those pearly colored map pins!:

Now, here's the finished piece on our dining table:

This is all for now friends!  Take care always and thank you for dropping by.

What's In My WIPs Bag

First week of April was holiday here due to holy week that Philippines observed yearly.  So, I took the opportunity to do some cleaning and tidying up since  I noticed that my hobby (cross stitch, crochet and knitting) things are everywhere.  Due to being busy, it is only now that I was able to post this.

I put my current WIPs in this paper bag although they are not all of my WIPs.  I've got so many scattered almost everywhere in the house.  That's what you get when you suffer from Start-itis, LOL! My Tropical Fruits cross stitch is not in there since it won't fit in the bag.

A crochet doily that needs only 4 more rows to finish.  Thread is Cebelia No. 30 and hook is Susan Bates No. 7 (1.5mm):

Royale crochet thread no. 30 which I intend to use for a future doily project:

More threads for the Tropical Fruits cross stitch:

Yarns and granny squares for a blanket project:

DMC mini cross stitch kit:

Japanese crochet book, mostly motifs:

Japanese crochet book, mostly doilies:

Lace shawl I started knitting a month ago, with cotton thread no. 10, and Knit Picks Harmony circular needles size 3.25mm:

My cross stitch glass set, reading glass+magnifying glass.  With my 43 year old eyes, this set is really a big help:

Can you see that my reading glass needs replacing?

This is all for now and thank you for dropping by, most specially for leaving your comments.

Forgotten Doily

In my previous post I mentioned about a doily that I completely forgotten about.  I've done it last year.  In the pattern page, it was noted as done June 9, 2011 with 1 & 3/4 balls more or less of DMC Perle Cotton 12 in shade of old rose.  Hook used was Susan Bates No. 10 (1.15mm).  Pattern was from a Japanese book called Crochet Lace 2009. 

Here it is being dried on my styrofoam blocking board (really love those pearly map pins!):

Already dried:

I noticed I didn't blocked it properly and my camera didn't capture the true shade:

 

This is all for now.  Hopefully I can post something again next week.

Thanks for reading and take care everyone.