Learn how to crochet a detailed centrepiece doily using fine acrylic yarn and a 2 mm crochet hook. The step-by-step instructions guide you through creating slip knots, chains, double crochets, and intricate patterns, ultimately forming a beautifully designed doily with multiple rounds and spider web patterns. By the end, you’ll have a stunning doily to display your crochet skills.
Make Such Crochet Centre Piece Tutorial
The video tutorial guides viewers on how to crochet a doily. It uses fine-weight number two acrylic yarn and a 2 mm crochet hook. The project is suitable for both acrylic yarn and cotton thread.
Foundation and Round One
- Begin by creating a slip knot followed by six chains.
- Connect the chains into a circle with a slip stitch forming a magic circle.
- Make 16 double crochet stitches within the circle, starting with a single crochet and two chains as the first double crochet.
- Close the round with a slip stitch in the third chain of the starting double crochet.
Round Two
- Start with three chains, considered as the first double crochet.
- Work a pattern of three double crochets in each second chain around, concluding with a slip stitch in the third chain.
- This increases the number of double crochets to 32 by the end of this round.
Round Three
- Begin with a chain and a single crochet in the same chain.
- Work sequences of three chains alternating with single crochets in every fourth double crochet of the previous round.
- Complete with eight chain spaces by the round’s end.
Round Four to Six
- Round Four: Start with eight chains, including a chain space pattern, and continue working double crochets.
- Each chain space receives two double crochets followed by a chain and another double crochet.
- Rounds Five and Six continue to increase the pattern, maintaining chain spaces and adding double crochets.
Expansion Through Rounds Seven to Seventeen
- These rounds build upon the established pattern.
- Focus on expanding the doily with repeated sequences, adding two double crochets in every second last double crochet pattern.
- By Round Seventeen, a structured pattern with pronounced chain spaces and double crochet designs emerge.
Closing Round Eighteen and Beyond
- Round Eighteen deviates slightly to begin closing the pattern.
- Introduce a reduction in double crochet stitches and increase chain spaces to shape the doily into its final form.
- For Rounds Twenty through Twenty-Seven, the pattern guides intricate web-like formations with precise chain and double crochet arrangements for a detailed finish.
Tips for Completion
- Each corner of the doily is stitched separately after Round Twenty-Seven.
- Use stitch markers to maintain alignment and ensure even distribution of the pattern across all corners.
- Each section is completed with a methodical slip stitch closure.
Conclusion
- The tutorial culminates in a delicately textured doily with structured chain space patterns.
- The video promises additional content, with an emphasis on precision and creativity in crochet.