Sam D, this is for you, to show that I don't always get stuff right <VBG>

My crochet skills are rather limited (to spiral beanies and granny squares), so I thought I might see if I could put my skills to the test and make a butterfly from size 10 thread.

I don't tend to work well with line by line instructions. Whenever I knit lace I always use a chart because I get lost if I try using the written out directions. This was always going to be a challenge!

After ripping out the left wing once because my tension was really inconsistent, I thought I was getting the hang of it and finished the whole thing, soaked it in water and pinned it out.

Hmmmm. My wings don't look the same.

Oops.

It seems that I stuffed up the beginning of the pineapple on the left hand wing by working the trebles (US double crochets) between the trebles on the previous row instead of in the tops of the stitches.

Luckily I can easily cut the wing off and do it again once it's dry. And it really is a very pretty and well written pattern that even a crochet jellybrain like me can figure out.

Eventually :-)