30" diameter - I'm guessing the name for this doily comes from it being so large it covers most tables, so it is only on the table BETWEEN MEALS, and taken off for actual eating! I'm thinking my table is actually something like 26-28"!!!
3 balls of 350 yd size 10 thread, and I've heard some people needed a 4th ball!
Steel hook, size 6
You may have it in a magazine already, such as:
Old time Crochet Magazine from 1997, Vol 19, No 19, Pg 23-27.
If not, it's online at:
NOTES I'VE SAVED OVER TIME FROM OTHERS, incase I got brave and made it one day:
1. In round 39 a dc group consists of 13 dc, and yes the pattern is correct in telling you to slip stitch in the first 6 dc.
*Crobee has her notes on rnds 38 & 39 here: 666.47
2. You will have 82sc and 82 ch-8 loops on round 39.
3. On rnd 44 I had 82 ch8's
. Q: round 45. The pattern says to dc in each ch and sc around. I’m afraid I know the answer to this question, but I’ll ask anyway. Do I really dc in each chain or is it 8 dc in the 8-ch loop? I think I may need to go back and redo Round 44 to make the chains looser and easier to crochet into.
DBL TRBL CROCHET ILLUSTRATION:
http://www.anniesattic.com/crochet/content.html?content_id=6
Rnd 38: "Ch 3, dc in ea dc and ch around. (I think she meant to say; dc in ea dc and ch sp around. But I could be wrong!
What I did was a little different. I did dc in ea dc but instead of dc in ea ch, I just did one dc in the ch space ( the ch space is made up of a ch 2 from the previous round) If you do a dc in each of the two chains it doesn't work out right for rnd 39.
Rnd 39: sl in next 6 dc's, ch 1, sc in same place. *ch 8, sc in center dc of dc group, ch 8, sc between dc groups.
The groups of dc's are made up of 11 dc's, so I did a sc in the center dc which would be the 6th dc, then for the 'sc between dc groups' I did a sc in the one dc I had done in the chain space of Rnd. 38
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Rnd 40: 82 ch-9 loops with sc betweenRnd 41: 82 shells with ch-3 loops betweenRnd 42: 82 v-st with work betweenRnd 43: 82 shells with work betweenRnd 44: 82 ch-8 loops with sc betweenRnd 45: 738 dc
MARY'S NOTES:
My suggestions on the pattern. Do not even debate changing the directions from the way the pattern is written on round 45 and round 51...just change it -put the dcs in the loop.
Round 39: I didn't have to sl stitch 6...I just started out with ch 1, sgl cr in the same place and *ch 8..... etc.,( I know elsewhere on the notes it says to do the slip stitches....????) just do what you need to do to get the ch 8's around
Round 45: easier way and does not change the look of the doily since the stitches above hold the stitches in place:
Ch 3, 8 dc in each chain loop 8 below and dc in each sgl cr around, join with a sl st to the top of beg ch-3.
Round 51: easier way and does not change the look of the doily since the stitches above hold the stitches in place.
Ch 3, 4 dbl cr in each ch 4 loop and dc in each sc around, join with sl st in top of ch-3
Also: when crocheting on a large project, don't count your progress by rounds since as you get out farther, it takes time to get around the piece. Instead, measure your progress by the use of thread and watch the ball get smaller.