Friday, March 5, 2010

WIP, Free Vintage Pattern Link, Purple Butterfly Doily

Here's one of the items I'm working on for my eshop.  The vintage pattern is free and can be found here:  Delicate Butterfly Doily.  by Anne Haliday 

I did my best to adjust my son's digital camera so you could see the deep dark purple of this thread but still the picture  doesn't do the depth of color much justice.

This pattern is for someone who has some experience crocheting, there are a few parts that could be confusing and it is easy to get disoriented if there is any distraction that draws your attention from your work.  Marking the pattern as you go along would be very helpful, of course.  Me?  I'm too lazy to print the pattern out from the 'puter so I spend a lot of time backtracking my work to find my place in the instructions.  Dumb, huh?  Oh well, at least I don't have to get up, walk across the house, plug in the 'puter and press a button!  That would really take a lot out of me.  Straining my already tired eyes trying to figure out what is what and which is which and where is where is SO much better!  (yea, R-I-G-H-T!)  That's what I get for being a lazy butt.

Preliminary photos, showing the body, lower left wing, and partial upper left wing.  I would like to make the next one work out so the wings are outlined in black and there are more colors in the wings but for the first one, this'll do.








1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Did you finish this yet? I like it just how it is, lol.
Me again, Cathy P. it looks like you are having a lot of fun crocheting. I am glad you got into it again after all those years. It really is good for a person to do something like crocheting, keeps our minds and hands busy.