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katmom	Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 6:37:42 PM While out junktiquing yesterday I found this sweet 'Hen & Chicks' crochet doily... $2... & all Mine! I stuffed bits of tissue inside the hen & her chicks so you can see it better. I will hand wash it tomorrow, shape & dry and then re-stuff with tissue for display. Oh how I wish I had the talent to crochet like this... >^..^< Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva! www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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katmom	Posted - Apr 14 2015 : 8:42:15 PM Thanx Denise... I luv it! >^..^< Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva! www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
levisgrammy	Posted - Apr 13 2015 : 4:23:28 PM Grace, That is adorable! What a great find. ~Denise~ Farmgirl Sister #43 "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105 http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/ http://www.torisgram.etsy.com
katmom	Posted - Apr 12 2015 : 8:54:26 PM Winnie, around here, those lil chocolate eggs would not last long enough to look cute under the hen! lolololol! >^..^< Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva! www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
Simply Satisfied	Posted - Apr 09 2015 : 5:02:57 PM That is so adorable! What a find! Emily Farmgirl # 3591
Red Tractor Girl	Posted - Mar 27 2015 : 10:05:15 AM Grace that is the cutest doily I have ever seen! Oh my, and perfect for Easter too!! What a bargain you got for $2. Can't you see some little paper easter grass between the hen and chicks with chocolate foil eggs peeking out? I sure wish I had one of these cuties!! Marilyn, if you make one, please post a photo so we can see. Winnie #3109 Red Tractor Girl Farm Sister of the Year 2014
ceridwen	Posted - Mar 27 2015 : 10:01:01 AM Wow! What a find! It's gorgeous! I admire people who can crochet! I cannot! I knit, but somehow my crochet technique leaves much to be desired! Cheers! Carole Farmgirl Sister 3610 - Nov 7/2011 http://www.carolesquiltingetc.com http://musingaboutthisandthat.blogspot.com/ http://www.fibrejunction.com
Marilyn Hartman Sullivan	Posted - Mar 27 2015 : 07:23:55 AM Grace -- Your cute doily got me searching for a pattern. I came across a picture of one that was quite similar -- someone else had posted it on a crochet site several years ago to see if she could find a pattern. Evidently a lady had brought it to "grace" (see how clever I am so early in the morning after only one cup of coffee?) the Easter table at church and said it had been made some 60 years earlier. I kept reading the thread and someone else mentioned that the pattern had been in a magazine at some point in time. Still searching for a pattern, but I bet one of these clever ladies will be able to reverse engineer it from your wonderful clear photos. Ravelry had lots of 3-D doily patterns with flowers, but this one is especially cute. I might have to take a "crack" (like an egg, right?) at it myself. And now for more coffee. Farmgirl #6318 "Where there's a will -- there's probably a family fight."
Bonnie Ellis	Posted - Mar 16 2015 : 3:42:49 PM You really lucked out on a fantastic doily. I have tiny crocheted chickens I am using on a purse. I found them on a towel. Thanks for showing them. grandmother and orphan farmgirl
forgetmenot	Posted - Mar 13 2015 : 10:10:16 AM Grace, such a cool find! I've never seen anything like it either. Such a sweet, farmgirlish (well, its a word now.) thing for you to do...taking the closeup! You rock! Farmgirl sister #3926 "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon
mbenton16	Posted - Mar 09 2015 : 5:42:07 PM Wow that is amazing! What an awesome find. Congratulations! Maryellen Maryellen Benton
texdane	Posted - Mar 09 2015 : 10:16:31 AM CJ...my thoughts exactly!! Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole Farmgirl Sister #1155 KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE Chapter Leader, Connecticut Simpler Life Sisters Farmgirl of the Month, January 2013 Suburban Farmgirl Blogger http://sfgblog.maryjanesfarm.org/
ceejay48	Posted - Mar 08 2015 : 1:38:34 PM CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!! Lucky you! CJ ..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665. 2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com
churunga	Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 8:55:49 PM Thanks for the pictures. I would have to see the article in person to correctly figure it out. From what I can see, it appears as if the hen was made first then the doily was made to spread out from her bottom side. The chicks look to have been made in their entirety and attached in the round or made as part of the round. I searched for the pattern online and it seems as if many are looking for it. Maybe I should just visit you for a three day weekend to analyze the doily and test the pattern. Hmmmm . . . I'll get back to you on this. Marie, Sister #5142 Farmgirl of the Month May 2014 Try everything once and the fun things twice.
katmom	Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 8:19:13 PM Marie, I tried to take some close up pics for you... looks like the wing and tail are a shell stitch and the body a ?double crochet, a long rectangle, then folded in half and stitched closed creating the open bottom. as for the head,,, hmmm... Hen... Chicks... I suspect the Hen & chicks were created first and then incorporated into the 'doilie'.... >^..^< Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva! www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
katmom	Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 8:04:54 PM thanx Marie, I've never seen one like this... I have a set of crochet 'fruit & veggies' and even some crochet chicks (that you fit over a plastic egg) ,,, but never seen one of these until yesterday. >^..^< Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva! www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
churunga	Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 8:00:36 PM I wish I was there to examine it and figure out the pattern. You have quite a treasure here. Marie, Sister #5142 Farmgirl of the Month May 2014 Try everything once and the fun things twice.

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