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This is Aurora from Doilies With Charm by Patricia Kristoffersen. I wanted to make a 4 colored doily since I had managed to make a three color. This pattern seemed like the right one to test out my talents.

Now that it is done, I'm thinking that I unknowingly picked an appropriate color-scheme. Aurora means "dawn" and in the morning the colors are reds and pinks. The doily looks a little like a sunburst, I think.

The colors are from Coats and Clark Opera thread in size 20. Sage green, tapestry rose (the red) and antique rose are the colors. The biege is size 20 DMC Cebelia. The doily measures about 14 inches in diameter.

This doily is called Bewitching and is from PK's Doilies With Charm. I previously was seeking identification of this doily back in October. Thanks to Bigmama8 at Crochetville for finding it for me! I was embarrassed because I own Doilies With Charm, even looked through the book and didn't recognize it as the booklet shows a very out-of-focus view of the doily.

Anyhow, the doily measures 18 inches in diameter and is made with size 12 Valdani thread in the color Deep Waters. The original pattern called for over 800 yards of thread, but I used less than 600.

This is the doily Enchanting from PK's Doilies With Charm. It's made using size 20 Opera thread in Wood Violet, Sage, and Touch of Lavender. It measures about 14 inches in diameter.

Cafe Au Lait by Patricia Kristoffersen

The above doily is from PK's Coffee n' Cream pattern book. It is made from Valdani size 12 thread color V15: Algae. It measures about 12" in diameter.

Ultimate Doily

This doily comes from the Ultimate Doily pattern book, and the name of it I do not recall at the time of this entry. It is made using Steinbach Wolle, a size 10 cotton thread. I believe this doily measured about 16". It was sent to my Secret Pal. I didn't take very good pictures of it, so no detail shots on this one. I guess I'll just have to make it again some day!

Your help is needed! Do you know the name and designer of this doily? I've seen it before and don't know where to find it. If you know help me out of my misery! Thank you!

I got an e-mail from my dad today saying that he attend the Puyallup Fair on opening day during the two hours of free admission. He was able to see my two doilies that I entered. I swore him to secrecy not to tell me the results, so he didn't at first. I confessed I had been agonizing over how I've done because this year I've wanted to take home a blue ribbon to much that I taste blue.

He decided to put me out of my misery, only now I feel worse than before. He didn't specify, but he said I had won a blue ribbon on one of my doilies. However, on the other I only received an honorable mention!

Honorable mention?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

This has my mind reeling with what possibly could have gone wrong and which doily was bestowed this honor. More than ever I want to find out which doily was deemed unworthy, and just what kind of competition was it up against?

I am in extreme confusion and denial. My first thought to explain this is perhaps the ribbons were placed in a confusing manner, like they were last year so it is difficult to discern what ribbon may have actually been given. My mind is also plotting that I need to go see what disaster took place much sooner than the 19th when we planned to attend because I need to see this for myself to accept why honorable mention was given.

Yes, while I should be skipping for complete joy and making a happy dance over that blue ribbon, right now I am unable to spring with glee until I know about that honorable mention and which doily got that.

A little voice inside of my head is quietly repeating: Please let dad be mistaken. Let him be mistaken.

For awhile now I've had this idea that Bruges lace would be the perfect way to make Celtic knots. Only my ambition to test my theory was not highly motivated. Then Sammimag at Crochetville posted about Bruges lace and my motivational level jumped as I had forgotten just how fun making the lace can be.

I started with a simply Celtic-esque knotwork and saw that it is just a group of loops woven together. I thought it wouldn't prove too difficult to make. But there are some knotworks I would like to translate into Bruges lace that will require a lot of head scratching and figuring since they are one continuous line that twists and turns. If my patience doesn't run out, I shall be tackling some more intricate knots soon!

Here's a doily I made from a back issue of Magic Crochet called the Single Rose doily. I don't know the issue of the magazine, nor the designer. It's made with size 20 thread on a 1.00mm hook. It measures about 11 inches in diameter at its widest point.

I still crochet with size 10 thread! This one is Andrea from Simple Elegance by Patricia Kristoffersen. The dusty rose thread is by Flora. The beige is from DMC. It measures about 15 inches in diameter at its widest point. I made it two colors because I didn't have enough of one solid color, plus I think the bi-color makes it more stunning. I am into making two-colored doilies lately.

On my hook now is a doily that isn't a PK design! I shall post it as soon as it's completed, which shouldn't take too long since it is only 14 rounds.