Oya Doily- Finished!

So a while back in a previous post about knitted lace doilies and the tablecloth I made thats on etsy, I also stated that I was in the middle of making a mixed crochet and Oya doily.  Well, Its done!  And doesn't it look mighty fine?  Each has 5 rows of crochet and then 6 oya petals which are all joined to each other.  I much prefer mixing crochet with oya to make doilies than starting off in the traditional way, as this takes forever and I get bored.  I'll make one one day though, I always like to try things atleast once.  This took me a while to complete, by the 5th motif I was getting drained, because as I said previously each petal has to be worked up individually.  I'm going to put this one up on etsy sometime and see how it goes, although I should make some more in different styles for the market stall that I hope to have sometime this year!

Enjoy your day! Thanks for reading!

How creative can you be when it comes to a scarf edging?

I've always liked quirky things, especially when it comes to things like lace, when things are supposed to be done a certain way, and a certain height, shape whatever.  It was to my suprise when looking for examples of "carnation oya" (mind you, depending on which area of turkey you come from determines what shape and the length between each motif there is.)  Now keeping in mind that in Turkish the same word for Cloves (the spice) also is the word for Carnation, I typed it in google to find examples.  After a couple of pages I found a photo of cloves with beads on them?  It wasnt until I opened up the photo that I saw that cloves had been used in an oya egding.  I laughed in sheer delight that someone actually thought to use cloves as a medium on a scarf.  I immedately told my partner about it who replied "yes this is probably used for a woman who doesnt like to shower because at least she'd smell nice then." - Great line.

So when I get the time, I'm going to buy a whole thing of cloves and I'm going to do it.  I think its a fabulous idea.