Just finished and blocked my first knit doily, the Swirl Leaf doily. It's been knit for quite some time, but I never sat down with a teeny-tiny crochet hook to crochet the picot edging. Finally bit the bullet, and other than being time consuming (88 loops of 7-stitch chains) it wasn't that bad. I have all my grandmother's teeny-tiny crochet hooks, that I thought I would never use when I got them but just wanted them for the sentiment, but they came in handy.
Knit with Aunt Lydia's Crochet 10 thread, using a 00 needle. The instructions called for DPN, but there was no way I was doing that, so I just used the Turkish cast-on and went to town. It measures 13" across. While I was knitting, I kept saying, "My fingertips hurt so bad from pushing stitches off those very pointy needles. Never again." But apparently not, because I have the Egeblad doily on needles, and am on my way.
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