Easter Eggs Bookmark, Filet Crochet Pattern

I am trying my hand at creating filet crochet patterns. I thought I should start with something as simple as a bookmark.

I made the chart using Microsoft Excel. It was quite easy.

And I set to work. I used size ten cotton thread and Boye size 7 steel hook. Usually, with size ten thread I use size ten hook, which produce tight stitches.

I like crocheting tightly, but this time I wanted to try looser stitches. As a result, my bookmark came out much bigger than I expected. It measures eight by three inches.

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Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 3

In this step we crochet Row 4.

We begin by executing the instructions prior to first *, which read:

dc in next dc.

That was quite simple. Next we need to work the instructions from * to second star *, which read:

*ch 3, sc in space between next 2^nd and 3^rd dc (it’s the space between two shells, and by shell I mean 3 dc worked in same space), ch 3, skip next 2 dc, 3 dc in next dc, 3 dc in next dc*

Probably the trickiest line here is “sc in space between next 2^nd and 3^rd dc (the space between two shells)”, look carefully at the picture below for visual help.

The picture below shows instructions from * to second * worked one time.

Worked two times.

Worked four times. We need to work these instructions the total of 12 times.

After we worked the instructions from * to second * 12 times, the row is not finished yet.

We finish Row 4 by executing the instructions after second *, which read:

ch 3, sc in space between next 2^nd and 3^rd dc (the space between two shells), ch 3, skip next 2 dc, dc in next 2 dc. Ch 2, turn.

The Row 4 is complete!

And we can see our overall lacy pattern taking its form.

I will post Step 4 next week.

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 1

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 2

Doily for St Patrick’s Day

Do you decorate your home for St Patrick’s Day? I usually don’t, but this year will be different. My oldest son is four year olds now, and he really enjoys all the holidays and festivities. 

But being a frugal mom, I’m not rushing to the store to buy St Patrick’s Day decorations. Instead, we will make them ourselves. Cutting shamrock and clover leaves out of paper is easy and fun for kids, and doesn’t cost anything.  

In my stash of yarns and threads, I found a bit of green cotton thread, just enough for a small doily. And here is what I produced – a perfect small doily for St Patrick’s Day!

The doily pattern is called Four Leaf Clover and was designed by Patrizia Pisani. Click here for the pattern.

I had a bit of trouble with those four overlapping circles and had to try a few times. Also, in the pattern it says that single crochets must be used to make those rings, but on the picture provided it looks like double crochets were used. I tried single crochets, but it didn’t look anything close to the picture. But when I used double crochets instead, it looked identical to the picture. Perhaps, it was a typo in the pattern.

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Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 2

In this step we crochet Row 2 and Row 3 of the pattern.

We begin Row 2 by executing the instructions prior to first *, which read:

3 dc in next dc, skip 4 dc, 3 dc in next dc

Next we execute the instructions from * to second *, which read:

*ch 3, sc in next sc, ch 3, 3 dc in next dc, skip 4 dc, 3 dc in next dc*

The picture below shows the instructions from * to second * worked 2 times.

We need to work them a total of 12 times.

After we worked the instructions from * to second * 12 times, what we have left of the previous row is only one dc (actually, it’s a chain, but we are going to refer to turning chains as last dc).

And now we finish Row 2 by executing the instruction after second *, which read:

dc in last dc. Ch 2, turn.

Row 2 is complete!

When you stretch your work on a surface, you should see 13 pattern repeats. The picture below shows 4 pattern repeats.

We can now work on our next row, which is Row 3. This is going to be easy because Row 3 is exactly the same as Row 2.

Here is a close-up.

Once again when you finish Row 3 and stretch your work on a surface, you should see 13 pattern repeats.

The picture below shows 5 pattern repeats. 

We can now see how the pattern begins to form.

I’ll be happy to answer your questions or give further explanations. Let me know in the comments below if you need help with Row 2 and Row 3.