This doily may be made with any of the American Thread Company products listed below:
| Material | Quantity | Size of Needle | Approx. Diameter of Doily |
"STAR" Tatting Cotton |
2 Balls White |
13 or 14 | 6½ inches |
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"STAR" Crochet Cotton |
1 Ball each |
11 or 12 | 8½ inches |
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"STAR" Crochet Cotton |
1 Ball White |
11 or 12 | 8½ inches |
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"GEM" Crochet Cotton |
1 Ball each |
11 or 12 | 8½ inches |
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"SILLATEEN SANSIL" |
1 Ball White |
10 | 9½ inches |
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"DE LUXE" Crochet Cotton |
1 Ball each |
7 | 10½ inches |
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"STAR" Pearl Cotton |
2 Balls White |
7 | 10½ inches |
Shaded Colors may be used if desired. |
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With Yellow ch 2, 5 s c in 2nd st from hook.
2nd Row—Working around, work 2 s c in each s c (10 s c), join.
3rd Row—Ch 1, 1 s c in each s c, break Yellow.
Attach White, * ch 10, s c in 2nd st from hook, 1 s d c in next st of ch (s d c: thread over needle, insert in stitch, pull through, thread over and work off all loops at one time), 1 d c in each of the next 7 sts of ch, s c in next s c, repeat from * 9 times (10 petals), break White.
1st Row—Attach Yellow at top of petal, * ch 5, thread over needle, insert in 3rd st from top on side of same petal, pull through, thread over and work off 2 loops, thread over needle, insert in 3rd st from top of next petal, pull through, thread over and work off 2 loops, thread over and work off all loops at one time, ch 5, s c in top of same petal, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 2, d c in same space as beginning (this brings thread in position for next row).
2nd Row—Ch 3, s c in same space, * ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 3, s c in same space (picot), repeat from * all around ending row with ch 2, d c in same space as beginning.
3rd Row—* Ch 6, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 3, tr c in d c.
4th Row—Ch 3, s c in same space, * ch 6, s c in next loop, ch 3, s c in same space, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 3, tr c in tr c.
5th Row—Ch 7, d c in same space, * ch 5, 1 d c, ch 4, 1 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 5, sl st in 3rd st of ch 7.
6th Row—Sl st into loop, ch 3, 2 d c in same space, * ch 3, s c in next loop, ch 3, 3 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 3, s c in next loop, ch 3, join.
7th Row—Ch 3, d c in same space, d c in next d c, 2 d c in next d c, * ch 4, s c in next s c, ch 4, 2 d c in next d c, d c in next d c, 2 d c in next d c, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 4, s c in next s c, ch 4, join.
8th Row—Same as last row but working 1 d c in each of the 5 d c in each d c group.
9th Row—Sl st to center d c of group, ch 6, d c in same space, * ch 4, d c in next s c, ch 4, 1 d c, ch 3, 1 d c (shell) in center d c of next d c group, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 4, d c in next s c, ch 4, join in 3rd st of ch.
10th Row—Sl st into loop, ch 6, d c in same space, * ch 5, s c in single d c, ch 5, 1 d c, ch 3, 1 d c in center of next shell, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 5, s c in next d c, ch 5, join in 3rd st of ch.
11th Row—Sl st into loop, ch 6, d c in same space, * ch 5, d c in next s c, ch 5, 1 d c, ch 3, 1 d c in next shell, repeat from * all around in same manner ending row to correspond, join.
12th Row—Sl st into loop, ch 6, d c in same space, * ch 6, s c in next single d c, ch 6, 1 d c, ch 3, 1 d c in next shell, repeat from * all around in same manner ending row to correspond, join in 3rd st of ch.
13th Row—Sl st into loop, ch 6, d c in same space, * ch 7, d c in next s c, ch 7, shell in next shell, repeat from * all around in same manner ending row to correspond, join in 3rd st of ch.
14th Row—Sl st into loop, ch 3, 2 d c in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and pull through all loops at one time, ch 4, cluster st in same space (cluster st: thread over needle, insert in space, pull through and work off 2 loops, * thread over needle, insert in same space, pull through and work off 2 loops, repeat from * once, thread over and work off all loops at one time), * ch 7, s c in next d c, ch 4, s c in same space for picot, ch 7, 2 cluster sts with ch 4 between in next shell, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 7, s c in next d c, ch 4, s c in same space, ch 7, join, break thread.
DAISY—Work 1st 2 rows same as center flower, break Yellow. Attach White, ch 8 and with wrong side of doily toward you, s c in ch 4 loop of doily between the 2 cluster sts, turn, s c in 2nd ch from hook, 1 s d c in each of the next 6 sts of ch, s c in next s c of Yellow center, ch 8, turn, s c in next picot of doily, turn, s c in 2nd ch from hook, 1 s d c in each of the next 6 sts of ch, s c in next s c of Yellow center, ch 8, turn, s c in next ch 4 loop between next 2 cluster sts, turn, s c in 2nd ch from hook, 1 s d c in each of the next 6 sts of ch, s c in next s c of Yellow center, then work 7 more petals to complete flower in same manner but do not join.
2nd Flower—Work Yellow center same as previous flower. Attach White, ch 8, s c in 4th petal of previous flower, s c in 2nd ch from hook, 1 s d c in each of the next 6 sts of ch, s c in next s c of Yellow center, work another petal joining it in same space of doily as 3rd petal of previous flower, join 3rd petal in next picot of doily and join 4th petal to next ch 4 loop between next 2 cluster sts, complete flower same as 1st flower having 10 petals.
Work 18 more flowers joining same as 2nd flower and join last flower to corresponding petal of 1st flower.