The only stitches you need to know to complete this lace are: chain stitch and double crochet. I also changed the written instructions to use modern US crochet terms. Either way, chart reading is a valuable skill for any knitter to possess. To make this pattern great for today's crocheter I wrote complete instructions, expanded the written instructions so you won't need to skip around, and made an easy to follow chart. Many lace patterns are comprised solely of charted instructions. This is not your usual scanned vintage crochet pattern. One of the most impressive things about DROPS is the incredible selection of over 8,000 knitting and crochet patterns, translated into 17 languages all of. Doilies are traditionally made with very fine crochet thread, but the patterns work equally well when crocheted with DK cotton, only they are obviously very. They are all about the same width (except for the cats), so with some adjustment of the empty spaces you can make an insertion combining different animals. However, with post stitches, you will be inserting your hook into an empty space, not a loop, and you will be working around the post of the stitch. Use them anywhere you would use a lace insertion: for towels, curtains, garments and table linens. You may crochet into both loops or into just the front loop or just the backloop regardless, you are inserting your hook into a loop and working your stitch into that. If desired, the piece can be dry-blocked. This set of seven charming animal and insect insertions-a happy dog, busy bees, a butterfly, a mother duck and duckling swimming along, an owl, a pony, and a pair of playful cats-were designed by Ethel Herrick Stetson in 1912. If any stubborn areas dont want to lie down smoothly, adding a few extra pins in these spots usually does the trick.