Athena Doily by Grace Fearon

July 04, 2019

Athena Doily by Grace Fearon

Athena is a beautifully textured doily designed by Grace Fearon. You can find all of her patterns here. She also has a Facebook Support Group where you can see when she releases new designs, ask questions & see what others are creating.

Athena MCAL (Mystery Crochet A Long) was put on by Grace Fearon, the designer, during the months of May & June. If you are an experienced crocheter but new to Grace's designs, I highly recommend starting with one of her patterns that she has done a CAL with. These patterns come with diagram overlays & sometimes videos of complicated stitches. All of her patterns are VERY well written. However, she uses unique & advanced stitches and having a diagram overlay can provide clarification should you become confused. None of her patterns come with charts. She does provide excellent support on her Facebook Support Group. If you are newer to crochet, I recommend starting with one of her Free patterns. These are often less complicated & a great place to become familiar with her way of pattern writing.

Yarn
I used Knitpicks Curio in Spearmint with a 1.75mm hook.

Yarn Usage
(Round 22) - 16g (115 yards) - 14%
(Round 30) - 36g (260 yards) - 32%
(Round 36) - 57g (411 yards) - 50%
(Round 37) - 63g (454 yards) - 56%
(Round 38) - 68g (490 yards) - 60%
(Round 39) - 73g (526 yards) - 65%
(Round 41) - 82g (591 yards) - 73%
(Round 42) - 88g (635 yards) - 78%
(Round 43) - 91g (656 yards) - 81%
(Round 44) - 95g (685 yards) - 84%
(Round 45) - 98g (707 yards) - 87%
(Round 46) - 102g (735 yards) - 90%
(Round 47) - 109g (786 yards) - 96%
(Round 48) - 113g (815 yards) - 100%
A note about yarn usage. If you'd like to create something in a different yarn called for, you can crochet the first 22 Rounds & compare the amount of yarn you've used to how much yarn I used. (Up to Round 22 of mine used 14% of my total yarn.) This comparison will give you a good idea of how much more yarn you will need to complete your project. Continue weighing the yarn you've used on each Round like I have done. As long as your yarn usage is similar to mine, you will have enough yarn. Here is the scale I use that seems to do a fairly accurate job.

Measurements
Unless otherwise noted, measurements are across the unblocked diameter
Part 3 (Round 22) - 7 3/4"
Part 4 (Round 30) - 11"
Part 5 (Round 36) - 14”
Part 6 (Round 42) - 16"
Part 7 (Round 48) - 17 1/2"
I won't be blocking this until I am ready to display it.

Part 1
Magic Loop Photo Tutorial
Round 5 Video

If you have trouble identifying stitches, you may want to mark the stitches of Round 4 that you will be using to work a FP-5TC-popcorn around in Round 7. You can also look at the wrong side of the doily to find these stitches since the Picot strips block their view.

After complicated rounds of Part 1, the other Parts are relatively simple. (Although I would still rate them intermediate in difficulty. This is NOT a beginner pattern.)