Does anyone have a pattern for the orginial pineapple doily??

Question

I can find patterns for everything but that one.

I knw its a hard pattern to do and find but for years I have been wanting to crotchet one.

Thanks.

Answer 1

There are gobs of pineapple doily designs and I have no idea what the first one was like.  They've been around since at least the Victorian times.

The  best I can do are some vintage patterns from the 1940's and 50's.  Hopefully, one of those will be similar to the style you have in mind:

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/celtwich/D...

Here's one from 1952 that looks pretty typical of ones I've seen in pictures of historic houses:

http://barbscraftbooks.tripod.com/barbsc...

And, here's the link to a pineapple doily pattern from 1953.

http://www.crochettreasures.com/freepatt...

Answer 2

have loads of pineapple doily patterns - round / square / octagonal all sorts - what is the original one?