So much to talk about....

I've done a LOT since I posted last: canned 95 bottles of apricot-pineapple jam, 9 quarts of white grape juice, went on a 10 day vacation back East, (my photos are still in the camera!), etc., etc.  But yesterday I decided I wanted to graph a filet crochet chart from a photo of an old, gorgeous tablecloth.

I saw a photo of the tablecloth here: http://tarragonnthyme.blogspot.com/2011/10/crochet-table-cloth.html
"Pattypan" picked up the tablecloth at a charity store for 4 pounds.  Wow!!!

Anyway, I really loved the pattern, so decided to graph it. First, I used my own graph paper and drew out the design.  This took a couple of hours!  Longer than I thought, for sure.  Then I used my Gimp program (free program like Photoshop), and pasted in 1/4 inch graph paper.  Pasted 2 pages together, then started filling in the blocks, with "bucket fill."  For the lacet stitch, I used a pattern bucket fill instead of drawing the lines with "pencil", so it's not quite perfect, but it was a lot easier.

Here is the motif, with 4 copies:

 I may find that there was an easier way to do it, but I am pleased with the results!