Pictures by Daylight
Since the weather is cooperating, I took the tray outdoors to have its picture taken. The diameter of the doily is 11 inches, about 28 centimeters, at the widest point.
I taped some black and white sewing thread to my see-through ruler and tried to get a close-up that showed the fineness of the thread it was knitted with.
You can't really tell in the photos, but it's purl side up!
My thanks to Rebecca at Doilies Are Stylish for her instant ID of the pattern. This is Christine Duchrow's 64.1, commonly known as Egeblad. 
I have the pattern in The Knitted Lace Patterns of Christine Duchrow, Volume 3, but it will have to get in line behind a lot of other patterns!
posted by Alwen | 2:21 PM
8 Comments:
Looks even better in daylight. How nifty that she found out what doily it was!
Oh, wow! That's both gorgeous and amazing - I don't think I possess quite that level of patience (or eyesight!) :)
Gorgeous find.
That just blows me away! It's so hard to believe that it's not the actual doily there.
That is so gorgeous. What a find. I haven't been in a good thrift store in a while. You're making me want to find one.
That is SO COOL!
And really awesome that she figured out what doily it is. :)
Awesome find! I'll bet the image of the doily was transferred to the glass/mirror using an old photochemical process. The solid object (in this case the doily)is laid over the glass, a chemical film is placed over the top of object/glass and shielded from light. Then the unit is taken outside, shield removed, and exposed to bright sunlight for several minutes until the transfer is the desired intensity.
The process does not harm the original object, but yields a really awesome decorative item. I saw this done on Martha Stewart once upon a time, but of course I can't find a link or reference at the moment.
Wow, that's exquisite!
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