Silver Pineapples Doily
SKILL LEVEL
BIGINNER
FINISHED SIZE
32 inches in diameter
MATERIALS
• Aunt Lydia’s Fashion size 5 crochet cotton (metallics: 100 yds per ball): 8 balls silver/silver #410S
• Size 6/1.80mm steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Spray starch
• Straight pins
• Plastic wrap
• Pinning board
GAUGE
Rnds 1—4 = 2½ inches; 4 shell rnds = 1½ inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join rounds with a slip stitch unless otherwise stated.
Chain-3 counts as first double crochet throughout.
Chain-6 counts as first double crochet, chain 3 throughout.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Shell: (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in indicated st.
Beg shell: Sl st into indicated st, ch 3, (dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in same st as beg ch-3.
Popcorn (pc): 5 dc in indicated st, draw up a lp, remove hook, insert hook in first dc of 5-dc group, pick up dropped lp, draw through st on hook.
3-double crochet decrease (3-dc dec): [Yo, insert hook in next dc, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] 3 times, yo, draw through all 4 lps on hook.
