Doily project - Doily 7797

I've made another doily, (not my 7797th unfortunately) but this is the name given to it in the pattern available here.

This is a really pretty doily, which will look far prettier when I can be bother to block it.  (one day...) It’s about 16 inches across.

The pattern is nice and repetitive, so once you have deciphered the instructions it is quite easy to get into the rhythm of each round, and it comes together quite quickly.  However, it would really, really benefit from some charted instructions.  It would have been so much speedier if I hadn’t had to go backwards so many times. I struggled to follow in a few places, so have done some photo instructions and notes here to remind me next time.

General

Terms used are American crochet.

Sc = UK dc (no thread over hook)

Dc= UK tr (1 loop)

Tr= UK dtr (2 loops)

Dtr = 3 loops

Tr tr = 4 loops

Long tr = 5 loops

5^th round

These instructions are a little tricky to follow, but the tr tr should be made into the pinnacle and the space between each petal of the previous round.

9^th Round

I found these instructions particularly difficult to follow, so have done myself a step by step photo tutorial.

“Ch9, holding back on lhook the last loop of each tr tr make 4 tr tr in 6^th chain from hook, thread over and draw through all loops on hook (cluster made)”

Let’s break this down...  First ch9, then make a tr tr in the 6^th chain from hook (in the chain you just made)

When you make the Tr tr, keep the last loop on the hook.  You will see that alongside the initial chain, this looks like two tr tr.

Do this three times more, so you have five in total.

Finally, draw the hook through all loops to form a cluster. The next step in the instructions is “in 5^th chain of next loop make 5-tr tr cluster” So, you make another cluster in the centre chain of the next loop.

After completing the second cluster “ch6, make 4-tr tr cluster in 6^th chain from hook”.  This is similar to the first cluster, you need to make the cluster at the base of the chain you just made.  Once again, the chain will form the 5^th tr tr of the cluster.

The third cluster is anchored to the middle of the next loop of the previous round with a dc “dc in next loop”. 

After this, the instructions are much easier to follow.  “ch9,sc in next loop, ch9, dc in next loop, ch 6. Repeat from * around”.  This last ch6 is the beginning of your next cluster.

The other slightly confusing round is the 19^th round (the last one).  19th rnd: * Skip 3 ch, 11 tr in next ch,

 

sc in next tr, ch 7, sc in next tr, ch 7, turn;

(skip 1 tr, 2 tr tr in next tr, ch 7) 5 times; skip 1 tr, tr tr in next tr, sl st in next tr, ch 1, turn;

 (in next sp make half dc, 7 dc and half dc; sc between next 2 tr tr) 5 times; in next sp make half dc, 7 dc and half dc; sc in next sc, ch 7, sc in next tr.

Repeat from * around. Join and break off