Beautiful. I know a lady that made one just like yours for our church picnic raffle.

Mine to,i have a smaller pattern from years back with pineapples and it's well loved.I might have to go look for it.

Beautiful!

I still have the old magazines that would come in the mail.I was thinking of giving them to Goodwill but now maybe not.

wonderful job

Sure brings back memories. I made lots of pineapple doilies when they were popular. Loved to crochet!

Beautiful-you need a small round table with a dark color cloth and then put this on top. I think you can find them not too expensive made out of particle board. Have seen some as a bedside or chair side table with small lamp sometimes. It is too pretty to go back into the closet.

So beautiful!! Don't put it in the closet! My grandmother would put it on the bed with a pretty sheet underneath. It's too pretty to hide. I have tried to master this pattern for years.....no luck :-D

That's beautiful. I have a collection of 5" to 7" doilies and I'm going to applique them to floral fabric blocks, then add sashing (probably black), a couple of contrasting borders and make a quilt!

Would you be interested in selling this? My mom has a beautiful round table.

This is beautiful. Have you thought of framing it? Several of my friends have framed doilies and made a wall grouping. They were stunning. Yours may be too big.

Beautiful!! That was my mom's favorite pattern.

Connie, thank you for sharing. My mother made many doilies, table cloths laces. We did have a round table that we could add multi sleeves to seat many around. It is still in the family. Again Thank You.

OMG, very pretty! Awesome work!

Size 7 is my favorite size hook. I like the patterns that are graphs to follow.
If following a written pattern it helps to have someone read the pattern to you. That is how I learned the terms, reading them to my mother.
$1 an inch and you still don't get paid for your time.

None of my family has ever crocheted but my grandmother who passed away in 1970 had crocheted doilies all over her house. They had to be starched so stiff. I have them all now and to me they are priceless. I don't know who made them for her. I crochet very little because for some reason I can't stay with it long enough to finish anything but I do admire everyone else's work. Your tablecloth is beautiful.

I thought I was the only one who crocheted doilies anymore. Have you tried fillet crocheting names. I have a wonder software program by Sandi Castle that lets you design doilies and names from all the computer fonts. I have a name going all the time. Makes wonder gifts. After a while ya run out of places to put doilies.
Love your doily.

My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was twelve. I've made doilies but have them put away right now. I don't have any idea how many afghans I've made. Since my fingers are stiffer than when I was younger, I find yarn much easier to work with than the thread these days.

Connie, your dolly is just beautiful. What an art form!!!

Beautiful. I love crocheted table cloths and doilies.

I love thread crochet, too! This is gorgeous!

Beautiful!!! I just love it.

I think you should find a tablecloth that fits the table, center the round cloth over that, and stitch it down.

Gee Connie.. wish you were closer.. I have a round table I'm going to get rid of.
That is a lovely tablecloth. You do fantastic work.

Beautiful work, the pineapple is my all time favorite pattern to make! :D

Doilys are the same as quilts and afghans-- noone realizes the cost of the yarn, crochet cotton or THE TIME!!!!!

I have ALWAYS loved crochet work. I've never been able to conquer it and marvel at its beauty. You have a wonderful treasure worth displaying. Buy a table or have it mounted for a wall piece.

Not a good picture?? That is absolutely gorgeous!!

BEAUTIFUL. BTW I have a round table! :-D

This is just beautiful. My Grandma crocheted doilies. Wonder whatever became of them . . . ?

Beautiful! I too crochet. I made a tablecloth for my DD that took me 9 1/2 years. I posted it here somewhere. I will have to see if I can find it.

Okay, I found it. I will add a, "Can you top this" to it. I will never do another one this big, will stick to small doilies, which I love to do.

Very pretty!

granof6, that is a work of art, how long did it take to make? I too crochet, but I would not attempt to make something like that. Just beautiful.

Connie, that is awesome. Please don't put it away, it is too beautiful not to be displayed.

It took me 9 1/2 years. My husband was diagnosed with cancer during that time, so I did a lot of crocheting in the hospital during his treatments and doctor waiting rooms. Then after he passed away I had a hard time working on it for about 4 years. Then one year I promised myself I would finish it for the Thanksgiving dinner table. I finished it just a few days before Thanksgiving, took it to my daughter's house and put it on the dining room table without telling her. I wondered how long it would take her to find it. The next day she called me from Joann Fabric asking what kind of plastic she should get to cover it up. I don't think it has beenoff the table since then. The 2 grandsons say they will interview possible brides dependent on how they feel about the lace tablecloth, as it will be in the family for generations.

Beautiful pineapple doily! I used to crochet.

You may not be able to put a square peg into a round hole but I'm pretty sure you could put a round table cloth onto a square (or rectangular) table. Tha is too pretty to be in a closet.

Instead of putting it in the closet maybe you should consider starching it heavily, matting, framing and putting it on a wall. It is so beautiful.