Mandenblute is one of the patterns in "Old World Treasures" by
Gloria Penning. Gloria is a treasure herself; her publications have kept many doily patterns in print and available to knitters.
This is part of my journey to size 100 thread. I'm almost there — this is size 80. The details:
- Thread: Kordonet 80, made in Slovakia (I bought it when I was in Prague, either at Tesco or Kotva, probably in 2006). I used about two-thirds of a 20-gram ball. This thread is very crisp, which is think is a good choice for this doily, but it did have two knots.
- Needles: 1.5mm
- Finished size: approximately 16 inches in diameter.
The pattern has a few errors, which are easy to figure out. If I were to knit this again, I would change some of the double decreases. All are left-leaning decreases (slip 1, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over). I would use both left-leaning and right-leaning as appropriate. But in this size of thread, I don't think the direction of the double decreases is noticeable.
