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| nanacole |
Posted - Feb 21 2006 : 07:32:28 AM
Hello ladies. I am new to this forum and have loved reading all the great advise and ideas. Years ago my husband and I took a tour of log cabins in the middle Tennessee area. In one of the homes was a church crocheted with doilie thread. I asked the lady of the house if she had made it and she informed me that it had been a gift. I have been looking for the pattern ever since. Has anyone got this pattern to share, or do they know where I might get it?
Thanks
Bonnie
Mt. Juliet, TN |
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| sunshine |
Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 2:24:33 PM
this is probably a filet crochet type of crochet. They offten have picture it is easy to desine one yourself. Take a picture of your favorite church . Blow it up big on a copy machine. put that on a light table and transfer the image to graph paper by tracing you can add or subtract detail make it complicated or simple. you can also do one out of your head just sart drawing on graph paper and remmber use 4 double scochet per block ( solid coleored graph square and 1 double crochet followed by two chains and 1 double crochet for the open squares. there are also lots of varieations you can do. such as two crossed stitches in the middle of a solid block to give texture or a bobble stitch for texture you can also do what is called gulls wings for more open areas like sky. there is also shade filet crochet this is 5 stiches per block solid 5 double crochet shadow 3 double crochet with a single chain between them ( 2 chains total) , and 1 dc ch3 1 dc for open areas. I know this is not the patter but if you can crochet you can draft your own patterns especially with filet crochet and graph paper.
have a lovely day
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| nanacole |
Posted - Feb 21 2006 : 6:03:19 PM
Pamela, yes I have search every place I could think of. As far as I can remember the church was probably around six inches, with the steeple another two inches. I collect older craft books and have not found it in any of those either.
Bonnie
Mt. Juliet, TN |
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Posted - Feb 21 2006 : 5:00:38 PM
OOHHH this does sound good. Have you done a google search? How big is the church? I'd like to do one of these if you find out where to get a pattern.
Pamela
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| nanacole |
Posted - Feb 21 2006 : 12:17:55 PM
Thanks Libbie. It was really cute. It had a steeple and was starched. Someone went to a lot of trouble.
Bonnie
Mt. Juliet, TN |
| Libbie |
Posted - Feb 21 2006 : 11:02:11 AM
That sounds darling. I don't have the pattern, but if I ever see it, I'll know where to pass the information to.
XOXO, Libbie
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