Doilie 5: red and yellow beaded mat by Kenneth Moir

Doilie 5: red and yellow beaded mat

Crochet
Thread ?
0.6 mm
About 17 cm in diameter
English

Materials
Mercer Crochet Cotton No. 80.
Beads as given in source Doilies:
329 light
497 dark
56 large beads in last round (round 35).

Doilie 5 in Doilies by Kenneth Moir with 7 sections. Has a sun/flower shae with 7 “petals”/sunbeams each having a tiny diamond within. The centre is not lacy, then has two rows of diamond shapes then a full row of red beads to make the circle of the sun/flower. The outer layers are mesh/lace-like. Tear drop beads in yellow with larger red beads between two small red beads on outer edge.

Shown on a dark yellow background.