Blooming Doily

Here is another flower doily to crochet and I call this one a Blooming Doily for the round bouquet of 8 flowers. It is fairly easy to make, no complicated stitches here and it has 29 rounds. I found this free pattern online, designer is unknown.

The doily definitely needs blocking after you finish it. I usually make the doily wet, stretch it out on blocking mats and attach it with pins. I also spray some starch to give it extra firm shape. Let it dry completely before removing the pins. In the video tutorial I show exactly how to block the Blooming Doily!

If you’d like to attach your doily to a loop, then this is how I did it. I used 16-inch metal loop, about 3 yards of 0.5 mm clear jelly cord (elastic) and sewing needle:

VIDEO TUTORIAL OF BLOOMING DOILY

WRITTEN PATTERN OF BLOOMING DOILY

I use crochet thread size 10 (Golo or Aunt Lydia’s) and my colors are red (color A), medium pink (color B) and light pink (color C). Crochet hook is size 1.75 mm. My doily measures about 15.5 inches in diameter.

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
R = round
dc = double crochet
beg = beginning
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet

Special stitch:
ch3-picot = ch 3 and sl st in sc below
dc3-cluster = (start dc in indicated st, leave last 2 loops on hook) 3 times, yarn over and pull through 4 loops on hook

With color A ch 7, sl st in 1st ch to make a ring.
R1 = ch 3 (counts as 1st dc throughout), dc 15 in the ring (16 dc), sl st in 3rd beg ch.
R2 = ch 5 (counts as 1st dc and 2ch), dc + ch2 in each dc, sl st in 3rd beg ch.
R3 = ch 6 (counts as 1st dc and 3ch), dc + ch3 in each dc, sl st in 3rd beg ch.
R4 = ch 1, sc in same st, ch3-picot, sc 2 in next ch3-space, *sc in next dc, ch3-picot, sc 2 in next ch3-space, repeat from*, sl st in 1st sc.
R5 = turn (wrong side facing), sl st back in last sc, ch 7 (counts as 1st dc and 4ch), turn (right side facing), skip picot and next sc, dc in next sc, *ch 4, skip picot and next sc, sc in next sc, repeat from*, sl st in 3rd beg ch.
R6 = ch 3, dc 5 in next ch4-space, *dc in next dc, dc 5 in next ch4-space, repeat from*, sl st in 4rd beg ch.
R7 = ch 5 (counts as 1st dc and 2ch), *skip next dc, dc in next dc, ch 2, repeat from*, sl st in 3rd beg ch.
R8 = ch 5 (counts as 1st dc and 2ch), *dc in next dc, ch 2, repeat from*, sl st in 3rd beg ch.
R9 = ch 6 (counts as 1st dc and 3ch), *dc in next dc, ch 3, repeat from*, sl st in 3rd beg ch.
R10 = ch 1, sc in same st, ch3-picot, sc 2 in next ch3-space, *sc in next dc, ch3-picot, sc 2 in next ch3-space, repeat from*, sl st in 1st sc, cut off and fasten off color A.

R11 = join color B in any 2nd sc you made in ch3-space, ch 8 (counts as 1st dc and 5ch), *skip picot and next sc, dc in next sc (=2nd sc in ch3-space), ch 5, repeat from*, instead of last 5ch: ch 2 and dc in 3rd beg ch.
R12 = ch 1, sc in same space, ch 5, *sc in next ch5-space, ch 5, repeat from*, instead of last 5ch: ch 2 and dc in 3rd beg ch.
R13 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 4, (sc in next ch5-space, ch 5) 4 times, sc in next ch5-space, ch 4, in next ch5-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R14 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 5, (sc in next ch5-space, ch 5) 4 times, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R15 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 6, skip 1st ch5-space, (sc in next ch5-space, ch 5) twice, sc in next ch5-space, ch 6, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R16 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 7, sc in next ch5-space, ch 5, sc in next ch5-space, ch 7, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 4, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R17 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 8, sc in next ch5-space, ch 8, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 3, in next ch4-space dc+ch3+dc, ch 3, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R18 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 5, sc in next sc, ch 5, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 4, dc 3 in next dc, ch 3, dc in next ch3-space, ch 3, dc 3 in next dc, ch 4, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R19 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 6, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 5, dc 2 in next dc, dc 1 in next dc, dc 2 in next dc, ch 3, in next dc dc+ch4+dc, ch 3, dc 2 in next dc, dc 1 in next dc, dc 2 in next dc, ch 5, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.

R20 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 5, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 5, dc 2 in next dc, dc 1 in each next 3 dc, dc 2 in next dc, ch 3, in next ch4-space dc 7, ch 3, dc 2 in next dc, dc 1 in each next 3 dc, dc 2 in next dc, ch 5, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R21 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 3, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 4, dc2tog in next 2 dc, dc 1 in each next 5 dc, ch 3, dc+ch+dc in next dc, ch+dc in next 5 dc, ch, dc+ch+dc in last dc, ch 3, dc 1 in each next 5 dc, dc2tog in next 2 dc, ch 4, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R22 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 3, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 4, dc2tog in next 2 dc, dc 1 in each next 4 dc, ch 3, dc+ch2 in next 8 dc, dc in last dc, ch 3, dc 1 in each next 4 dc, dc2tog in next 2 dc, ch 4, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R23 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 6, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 4, dc2tog in next 2 dc, dc 1 in each next 3 dc, ch 3, dc3-cluster+ch3 in next 8 ch2-spaces, dc 1 in each next 3 dc, dc2tog in next 2 dc, ch 4, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R24 = ch 3, dc in same space, *ch 6, sc in next ch6-space, ch 6, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 4, dc2tog in next 2 dc, dc 1 in each next 2 dc, ch 2, skip 1st dc3-cluster, in each next 7 ch3-spaces sc+ch2+sc+ch2+sc+ch2, dc 1 in each next 2 dc, dc2tog in next 2 dc, ch 4, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch.
R25 = ch 3, dc in same space, *(ch 6, sc in next ch6-space) twice, ch 6, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, ch 6, dc3tog in next 3 dc, ch 6, skip next 3 ch2-spaces and 3 sc, sc in next ch2-space (above dc3-cluster), (ch 6, skip next 2 ch2-spaces and 3 sc, sc in next ch2-space) 5 times, ch 6, dc3tog in next 3 dc, ch 6, in next ch3-space dc2+ch3+dc2, repeat from*, finish the round in beg space with 2dc, ch 1 and hdc in 3rd beg ch. If you use 3rd color thread for next 4 rounds, you can finish the round with 3ch and sl st in 3rd beg ch. Cut off and fasten off color B.
R26 = join color C with sc in any ch-space, ch 6, sc+ch6 in each ch-space, finish the round with 3ch and dc in 1st sc.
R27 = ch 1, sc in same space, ch 6, sc+ch6 in each ch-space, finish the round with 3ch and dc in 1st sc.
R28 = ch 1, sc in same space, ch 7, sc+ch7 in each ch-space, finish the round with 3ch and tr in 1st sc.
R29 = ch 1, sc in same space, ch 7, sc+ch7 in each ch-space, finish the round with 7ch and sl st in 1st sc. Cut off and fasten off color C.

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