Decked Out in Doilies

Deck the halls with loads of doilies...

At least, that's what I'm doing anyway!

As soon as I saw that gold thread in the lovely package I received from Crejjion I knew it had to become part of a Christmas doily.  It just spoke to me.  Things do sometimes, don't you find?

My plan was to add just a little gold edge to a favourite doily, just to add a simple seasonal touch.  Nothing too fancy you understand.  Then, I found this 'Gift Doily' in amongst my Ravelry favourites and obviously I had to make it didn't I?

I can't lie to you, it's a fiddly little chap to deal with.  Well, it's mostly all those holly leaves really.  Lots and lots of holly leaves.  It turns out a person can get a little sick of holly leaves.  In fact, I substituted the holly in the pattern for Attic24's Jolly Holly (far superior in my opinion)  and happily they are just the right size.

I also tweaked the last row, just a teeny tiny bit just to make it slightly less fiddly to do but I don't think it's made any difference to the look of the doily.   And I think the results are just reward for the fiddly efforts because I love how it turned out and I adore my upgraded holly.

I still liked the simple idea though, so I made this 'Pink Petal Doily', which passes rather well for a snowflake I think, with just a little gold trim.  I was aiming for the less is more approach but I couldn't quite resist adding a little colour to the middle.  It needed something extra to set it off I think and the red is just the touch it needed.

Lastly, because I loved the look of it, I made this 'Starshine Doily'.  Another simple gold and cream one and I was worried at first that I'd overdone it with all the gold in the center, but now it's all done I love it like that.  It looks like a shining star, hence it's name I suppose and just right for Christmas time.

I'd really love to make some kind of poinsettia style doily, with lovely red petals, I have a feeling that could look really lovely.  I haven't found quite the right thing yet but I'll keep looking.  Of course, if you know of a suitable pattern, don't be afraid to share it...

I might just be able to fit one more doily in before Christmas!

: : DETAILS : :

Patterns

Left:  Starshine Doily
Middle:  Gift Doily
Right:  Pink Petal Doily

Yarn

Cream/Greens: DMC Petra Cotton, size 5
Gold & Red: Twilleys of Stamford Goldfingering

Hook

Size: 2.0mm


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