Expert: Marla - 5/5/2008

Question
I make doilies and have for years and am tired of the obvious "ridge" at the beg of each row. There has to be a  way to make my beg ch of each row not so obvious. I basicly want it to be invisible. Do you know of a way?

Answer
Hi Melissa!
I am back. thank-you for being patient. I have been really busy. I have experimented with starting chains, and nothing looks all that great. I will keep experimenting. Now, I am going out of town again on family illness, so may not be able to respond for a few days. I did try one way, but it still looks junky. Try this, for a dc rnd: (and experiment on some old thread so you won't wear it out) When you sl st in the first ch of the previous rnd, ch 2, and sl st in the back and bottom loops of the 2nd ch from hook, pull up a loop, and draw through both loops on hook. Sorry I can't come up with something better. If you experiment a little doing something like this, you may have something better than I could tell you. Maybe another expert knows how to do this. Anyway, thanks for asking. I will continue to experiment doing this. Good luck!

Marla