Doily Sugar Starch
"I have quite a few doilies I have collected over the years. Some are vintage and so beautiful This is the recipe I use to stiffen them. It works great"
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Yields:
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1 doilies
ingredients
- 236.59 ml granulated sugar
- 118.29 ml water
directions
- Put sugar and water in a small pan. Over low heat cook and stir mixture constantly until it becomes clear. DO NOT LET IT BOIL! When mixture is completely clear remove from heat and cool.
- Next dampen the crocheted item in fresh water and pat out excess moisture with a towel. Then dip it in the cooled sugar mixture and gently squeeze out any excess liquid.
- If it's a doily simple lay it flat and reshape and let it dry. For a basket, take a bowl that is the desired size, turn it upside down and place the crocheted basket over the bowl to dry.
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Reviews
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Since finding this recipe, it's the only one I use to starch my crochet and tatting projects (mandalas, doilies, ornaments). The only thing I would add is to make sure to let your items dry on a hard surface, otherwise, because it's so sticky, paper towels or bath towel bits will stick to your items once dried. -
I always wondered how that worked. In our old house there was a box of starch. The box was wooded!!! We us that for our petticoat and an open umbrella.
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Love this! Thank you so much. My grandmother also used this technique, and I remember as a child wanting something sweet, but being denied, so I would go around her house and suck on the doilies to satisfy my sweet tooth! LOL Hey, I was young - 14 or so (I was actually four or five! LOL)
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I love doilies! I have a vague memory of Mother and Grandmother stiffening them with sugar but I didn't remember how they did it. Thank you so much!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bonnie Young
Nekoosa, 89
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