I hit a snag with the doily I was making for our Ravelry Irish Crochet Lovers crochet along. The last round of the doily pulled it up into a shallow bowl shape.
A simple truth of crocheting is that if it doesn’t lie flat as you’re making it, it will give you trouble for ever after. You can starch, you can press, you can think pure thoughts, you can hope that the next round will compensate and pull it flat, but the bowl-shaped doily will be true to its nature. In other words, not flat.
So I’m going to pull out that last round and redo it. Then it will be time to start adding the motifs.
And now, on to doily wonderfulness, as promised in the title of this post!
Irish Crochet Lovers of North America, listen up!
Maire Treanor, the author of Clones Lace: The Story and Patterns of an Irish Crochet, will be teaching two Irish Crochet classes at the annual Knit and Crochet Show and educational event in Manchester, New Hampshire, July 7-10, 2010.
The titles are: “Beginners Clones Lace” and “Be Creative with Clones Lace.” Find them under 6-hour classes at the link above. The class sample of the first class is a small doily.
If you want to learn about Irish Crochet Lace from a modern-day Irish Crochet master, this is your chance. She will also be teaching at Lacis in California, and in Minnesota. I’ll try to find details of these other workshops and share them.
Maire’s book is available from Country Yarns (once you get there, scroll down a little).