I love knitting doilies, they are fun, fast and a relatively small investment in materials; but, I don’t use them
for anything. This 72 round doily, knit in a worsted weight yarn, decorated with inexpensive pony beads and attached to a child sized hula hoop makes a generously sized art piece to hang on a wall or fence.

Of course, if you would like a doily sized piece using crochet cotton or lace weight yarn and smaller needles will create a more “reasonable” sized doily.

To fit a 29 to 32 inch hula hoop as an art piece. (Shown on a 32 inch hoop)
Materials
Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Worsted 500; 100% Acrylic, 1,090 yds/500 gms. 1 ball, shown in Custard.
Needles: US 7 4.5mm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge.

5.5 mm crochet hook for pin-hole cast on and chain bind off
3.25 mm crochet hook for placing beads.

Pony Beads in 6 colors; shown in:
Shiny: Pink (8), Orange (16), Yellow (16), Green (16), Blue (16), Green (16), Purple (16).
Pearle: Pink (28), Orange (40), Yellow (28), Green (28), Blue (40), Purple (28).
Sparkle: Pink (8), Orange (8), Yellow (8), Green (8), Blue (8), Purple (8).
Notions
1 29–32 inch hula-hoop, decorative ring or poly-piping cut to size.
10 yards of clear fishline or spare yarn for mounting.
Stitch markers, one unique to note beginning of round.
Gauge 14 sts and 20 rows = 4 inches (10cm) in lace pattern once blocked.