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How can I display antique lace + antique crochet doilies?

I have boxes full of my grandmothers cyclopean, grandmothers, mothers and yellowing lace

and have accumulated a little in my travels ...


you could ...
mufasa42 | May 24, 8954

Well you can order the best. I certainly would not build a value if the entire box!
tobscholarly | May 24, 7612



How can I get stains out of my crochet doilies?



what is it crochet with?
upon? yarn? kite string? lol J/K!!
I think a good soaking in Woolite and bleach is delicate

to tell ya the truth........... | Apr 06, 2007

half lighten and water in the sink wash after a soak or use oxy clean and water in the sink if wine saturate in peroxide
Orlando57 | Apr 06, 2007



How do you starch a ruffle edged crochet doily please?

I have two crocheted doilies but have not starched them because of the ruffles. Can it be done with difference feast starch?


No, you remarkably can't use spray starch. These need liquid starch and the ruffles need to be shaped over something acting as a technique (crumpled
mickiinpodunk | Jan 22, 2008



Crocheted Doilies that resemble spider webs patterns?

I am looking for crochet patterns for doilies, bedspreads, fare coverings and crocheted window coverings that resemble spider webs. Are there any books or sites that have


Unfasten patterns:
http://chezcrochet.com/page46.html
http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/story_cul ture/textile/barbarapietz.html

echinopsis . | Mar 27, 2010