Anyway, this project is my first attempt at a doily. I logged on to ravelry.com and searched through tons of patterns until I decided to try my hand at this one. If you are not a ravelry member then become one. Membership is free and it gives you patterns and networking at the tips of your fingers. Thanks to my friend Amy for telling me about it! The pattern I used is free at the following website:
http://www.coatsandclark.com/Crafts/Crochet/Projects/HomeDec/LC1554+Mantilla+Doily.htm
I don't exactly know what went wrong when I was making this, but for some reason the outside doesn't lay flat. It ruffles. I know that I tend to have tight tension, but I kept my tension consistent throughout the whole pattern so that wouldn't explain the ruffling. And I followed the pattern exactly so I didn't add extra stitches. I'm not sure what to watch out for next time. But, even flawed, it still turned out really pretty.
As suggested by the title, it was a mother's day gift for Mama T. She gushed over it when I gave it to her. And she was just thinking of going shopping for a doily. There is a certain end table that needed a little something. I guess I spared her a trip :)
