Crochet projects were not on my list for this month. On the contrary, I made a conscious decision not to include any knitting or crochet projects. You’ll have to blame it on Ravelry. I found my self browsing though their thousands of projects late saturday night and I came across this doily and knew I wanted to work on it during General Conference the next day. I didn’t have the thread it called for or a hook that small but I did have some pretty thin (single ply?) DMC Cotton Perle’ and a 1.4mm hook to fit it, both much smaller/thinner than I had ever worked with, so I got started.
I followed the pattern exactly until I got to the first pretty picot edge and just loved it so much. I instantly started thinking about crochet stones and remembered I had one last stone from my spring trip to Hawaii last year. I tried it on and knew it was meant to be. It fit perfectly around the face of my stone. Perfectly!
So, following the pattern for a few more rows but modifying it so it would decrease, than winging it for the last few rows, I worked on this for the last few days whenever there was a minute I wasn’t busy with something else.
Now the joints in my hand are stiff and sore. Working with such thin thread and small needles proves to be a bit more trying than supplies I’ve used before. However, it was worth it. I love the results so much. You can get so much more design on a stone this way and it is so pretty and delicate.
So, happily I add this as my second gift for the month. I hope there are some nature lovers out there that will love this as much as I do.




















































