I absolutely love fussy projects like doilies and the like that take a zillion years to finish. But, I'm also the kind of person that wouldn't have doilies on every surface in my home. So I was trying to concoct a way to use them in a contemporary sense (and I definitely bought Amazing Lace, but it hasn't arrived yet!) so I went to Michael's to look through their doily pattern books.
And behold, there was this pattern for teensy pineapple earrings staring me in the face! I thought, hey! I can totally do this. But I didn't want to spend $20 on the book for just the one pattern, so I just bought a set of teeny hooks and came home to experiment.
I went through an embroidery phase a few years back that didn't go so well, so I have oodles of floss lurking in my house. I grabbed the pink just to experiment with, and spent hours trying to emulate the earrings I had seen. I think I did a pretty decent job!
The work is a little untidy, but I think with some practice I will be able to make some neater stitches!
An action shot:
Annnnnd a shot to show the relative size:
Crocheted with 1 strand of embroidery floss (unwound to just use 1 ply) and a size 10 crochet hook.
Thanks for looking!
****Pattern****
This is the first time I've ever written down a pattern, so bear with me on this one! If anybody makes this and notices some errors, let me know
Materials:
size 10 steel crochet hookembroidery floss *it usually comes in 6ply strands... I unwound mine down to use just 1 ply, but you can experiment and see what you come up with! this hook is far too small to handle more than 1 or 2, so if you want to use the whole 6ply you should try a larger hook*
Abbreviations (pretty standard, but figured I might as well include them:
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc- double crochet
sl st - slip stitch
sp - space
sk- skip
Foundation: Ch 6, sl st in first ch to join.
Row 1: (Ch 3 [counts as first dc], dc 3, ch 2, dc 4) in ring. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 3 [counts as first dc], (dc 1, ch 2, dc 2) in first dc, ch3, sk next 3 dc and (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 sp, ch 3, sk next 3 dc and (2 dc, ch 2, dc 2) in last dc. Turn.
Row 3: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-2 sp, ch 3, (sk next 2 dc, ch 3 sp, & 2 dc), dc 8 in center ch-2 sp, ch 3 (sk next 2 dc, ch 3 sp, and 2 dc), (dc 2, ch 2, dc 2) in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 4: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next ch-3 sp, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk next st, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk next st, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk next st, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk next st, sc in last dc. Ch 2, sk next 2 dc, (dc 2, ch 2, dc 2) in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 5: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-2 sp, ch2, sk next 2 dc, sc in last ch of ch-2 sp, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 4 times, ch 3, sc in first ch of ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp & 2 dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 6: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-2 sp, ch 3, sk next 2 dc & ch-2 sp, sc in first ch-3 loop, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 4 times, ch 3, sk next ch 2 sp & 2 dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 7: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-2 sp, ch 4, sk next 2 dc & ch-3 sp, sc in first ch-3 loop, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 3 times, ch 4, sk next ch 3 sp & 2 dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 8: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-2 sp, ch 4, sk next 2 dc & ch-4 sp, sc in first ch-3 loop, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) twice, ch 4, sk next ch 4 sp & 2 dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 9: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-2 sp, ch 4, sk next 2 dc & ch-4 sp, sc in first ch-3 loop, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 4, sk next ch 4 sp & 2 dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 10: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next 2 dc & ch-4 sp, (dc 2, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-3 loop, ch 2, sk next ch-4 cp & 2 dc, (dc 2, ch 2, dc 2) in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 11: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, dc 2) in ch-2 sp, ch 2, (sk next 2dc, ch-2 sp, & 2 dc), sc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, (sk next 2 dc, ch-2 sp, & 2 dc), (dc 2, ch 2, dc 2) in lasts ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 12: Sl st in first 2 dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next (2 dc ch-2 sp, sc, ch-2 sp, & 2dc), sl st in last ch-2 sp. Turn.
Row 13: Ch 1, (sc, hdc, dc 2, hdc, sc) in final ch-2 sp. Fasten off.
Repeat for second earring! Lightly starch, attach to earring hooks, And voila! Dangly pineapples.
If anyone makes these, I'd love to see them
