• Spring Meadow Doily
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Spring Meadow Doily

Spring will be arriving in just a few weeks, and if you are like me, you are already looking forward to wonderful warmer weather, longer brighter days, and of course, flowers! The glorious colors and sweet scents of beautiful spring blossoms never fail to lift my spirits.

With that in mind, our Spring Meadow Doily is sure to give you an early touch of spring fever, and you'll have plenty of time to stitch this lovely table piece to have it ready in time for your spring decor. For a different look, it would also be very pretty with all of the flowers worked in a single-color palette. You could also make this pattern in yarn to create a gorgeous throw or bed coverlet. To get the exact size you need, just add motifs to each row for the width and increase rows for the length before working the border.

Design by Maggie Petsch

Project Specifications

Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: 11 1/2 inches square

Materials

• Crochet cotton size 10 (30 grams per ball): 1 ball each green (A) and white (B), and small amount each blue (C), yellow (D), dark pink (E) and peach (F)
• Size 7 steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

Click here for joining diagram.

Gauge

First motif = 1 5/8 inches in diameter
Check gauge to save time.

Pattern Notes

Join rnds with a sl st unless otherwise stated.
To change color in sc, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo with working color, draw up a lp, drop working color to WS, yo with next color, complete sc.

Pattern Stitches

Split puff st (spl puff st): Ch 4, [yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp to 3/8 inch] twice in same st, [{yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp to 3/8 inch} twice, yo, draw through all 9 lps on hook, ch 4, sl st] in next st.
Joining ch-5 (jch-5): Ch 2, sl st in 3rd ch of indicated ch-5 on previous motif, ch 2.
Puff st: [Ch 4, {yo, insert hook in sp, yo, draw up a lp to 3/8 inch} 4 times in same sp, yo, draw through all 9 lps on hook, ch 4, sl st] in indicated sp.
P: Ch 3, sl st in last sc or last puff st made.
P puff st: [Ch 4, {yo, insert hook in sp, yo, draw up a lp to 3/8 inch} 4 times in same sp, yo, draw through all 9 lps on hook, ch 3, p, ch 4, sl st] in indicated sp.

First Motif
Rnd 1 (RS): With B, ch 5, join to form a ring, ch 1, 12 sc in ring, do not join. (12 sc)
Rnd 2: Working in front lps only this rnd, sl st in each sc around, join in beg sl st, fasten off. (12 sl sts)
Rnd 3: With RS facing, attach B with a sl st in rem lp of any Rnd 1 sc, beg in same st, spl puff st, [sl st in next st, spl puff st over same st and next st] rep around, join in same st as beg ch-4. (6 spl puff sts)
Rnd 4: Sl st in each of next 4 chs of first spl puff st, [sl st, ch 1, sc] in top of spl puff st, *ch 3, sk next sl st, tr in next sl st, ch 3**, sc in top of next spl puff st, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc, fasten off.
Rnd 5: With RS facing, attach A with a sl st in joining st of last rnd, [ch 1, sc] in same st, *ch 5, sc in next tr, ch 5 **, sc in next sc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc, fasten off.

Second Motif
Rnds 1–4: Rep Rnds 1–4 of first motif.
Rnd 5: With RS facing, attach A with a sl st in joining st of last rnd, [ch 1, sc] in same st, ch 5, sc in next tr, jch-5 to corresponding ch-5 on previous motif, sc in next sc on working motif, jch-5 to next ch-5 on previous motif, sc in next tr on working motif (1 side joined), continue around as for Rnd 5 of first motif.

Third Motif
Rnds 1 & 2: With C, rep Rnds 1 and 2 of first motif.
Rnd 3: Rep Rnd 3 of first motif, fasten off.
Rnd 4: With RS facing, attach A with a sl st in top of any spl puff st, ch 1, sc in same st, *ch 3, sk next sl st, tr in next sl st, ch 3 **, sc in top of next spl puff st, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc.
Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, ch 5, sc in next tr, referring to joining diagram for placement, jch-5 to corresponding ch-5 on previous motif, sc in next sc on working motif, jch-5 to next ch-5 on previous motif, sc in next tr on working motif, continue around as for Rnd 5 of first motif.

Fourth Motif
Rnds 1 & 2: With D, rep Rnds 1 and 2 of first motif.
Rnds 3–5: Rep Rnds 3–5 of 3rd motif.

Fifth Motif
Rnds 1 & 2: With E, rep Rnds 1 and 2 of first motif.
Rnds 3–5: Rep Rnds 3–5 of 3rd motif.

Sixth Motif
Rnds 1 & 2: With F, rep Rnds 1 and 2 of first motif.
Rnds 3–5: Rep Rnds 3–5 of 3rd motif, joining on as many sides as are indicated on joining diagram.
Referring to joining diagram for color and placement, make and join on as many sides as indicated on joining diagram a total of 36 motifs in 6 rows of 6 motifs each.

Fill-In Motifs
Make 21 with B and 1 each with C, D, E and F Referring to joining diagram for color placement, ch 1 (center ch), ch 2 more, sl st in any free ch-5 sp at in-tersection of 4 motifs, *ch 2, sl st in center ch **, ch 2, sl st in next free ch-5 sp on next motif, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, fasten off.

Border
Rnd 1: With RS facing, attach B with a sl st in 4th free ch-5 sp of any corner motif, ch 1, beg in same sp, **[sc, ch 5, sc] in corner sp, *[ch 5, sc in next sp] 3 times, ch 5, dc in last sc worked, sc in next free ch-5 sp on next motif, rep from * across to first free sp on next corner motif, ch 5, [sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 5] twice, rep from ** around, join in beg sc, fasten off. (96 ch-5 sps)
Rnd 2: With RS facing, attach C with a sl st in first corner ch-5 sp, ch 6, *[sc in next sp, ch 5] 23 times*, sc in corner sp, changing to F, fasten off C; ch 5, rep from * to *, sc in corner sp, changing to D; fasten off F; ch 5, rep from * to *, sc in corner sp, changing to E, fasten off D; ch 5, rep from * to *, sc in same sp as beg ch-6, changing to C, fasten off E; join in first ch of beg ch-6, fasten off. (96 sps)
Rnd 3: With RS facing, attach B with a sl st in first ch-5 sp after joining, ch 1, sc in same sp, *[ch 5, sc in next sp] 23 times, ch 7**, sc in next sp (corner sp made), rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc, fasten off. (96 sps)
Rnd 4: With RS facing, attach A with a sl st in first sp after any corner sp, ch 1, [sc, p] in same sp, *ch 3, [sl st, p puff st] in next sp, ch 3, [sc, p] in next st, rep from * across to next corner sp, ending with ch 3, [sl st, 2 p puff sts] in corner sp, ch 3**, [sc, p] in next sp, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc, fasten off.

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