Sew I See!

There's one more doily blocked and ready to share-- " Delilah ", another by Grace Fearon.   Same hook as usual (Clover Amour 1.75mm).  I had a leftover nearly-full skein of orange-magenta-lilac-beige-white Alize Miss Batik (left from " Ygritte ").  There was plenty to make this doily, with a little ball left over for my scrap jar.  I like this colorway-- warm and a bit exotic.  Last time I used it, I remember thinking it was "Halloweeny", and I still think it has a late summer/early autumn vibe to it.  The AMB thread works really well with this pattern, I think.  (These photos all start to look alike, at some point... Sorry about that!  I had trouble getting any decent, in-focus photos at all, so I was thinking about that issue instead of getting a variety of angles, etc.) Some project notes had me a little worried, before starting this doily.  Squares do require a little more attention than circles, generally...

All I ever crochet lately is doilies!  And I haven't really knitted in months! (Actually, not so long ago I did pick up a long-neglected knitting project-- those worsted weight socks.  I managed to make a mess of them, though.  The decreases went in the wrong places-- don't ask-- and by the time I noticed, it wasn't worth fixing.  They were really just meant to ease me into the world of sock-knitting, so I wasn't that upset.  I ripped them out and the next time I try socks, I'll be using sock yarn!) Anyway, for whatever reason, all I feel like making lately is doilies.  I did get the itch to knit a hat, recently, but I didn't manage to cast on immediately... and ended up starting yet another doily, instead.  Maybe in the next few days... Doilies are good, lightweight projects for summertime, though, and I have a bunch of great patterns to crochet my way through, still! Today, I'm sharing " Whitney ".  Pattern by Grace Fearon.  (No surp...