Is crocheting doily a thing of the past

My mother-in-law still makes doilies. I don't crochet, I knit and have never seen a knit pattern for a doily. They are beautiful though.

I love crocheting and I would love to make doilies, in fact I've made 2, for my cousin when she got her first home! And after making those two I swore off doilies or anything with crochet thread, LOL! I have a hard time handling the thread.

I would not say they are a thing of the past but more of unappreciated , I make them and cant sell them for the price that you should get when you can go to the dollare store and get 3 for 1$ , but that still dont stop me from making them after all when your in tx there is not much you can crochet during the summer ;) ~M~

I can't crochet but can knit a simple afghan. I don't think doilies will ever go out of style. I think they are classy when used as coasters. It beats looking at some of the wooden, circular coasters used today. I also think it gives an antique a very authentic look.

You must be very good to have won contests with your doilies. I don't think very many people use them any more but they are definitely worth appreciating.

When I first started to crochet 10 years ago I mainly did baby blankets and granny square blankets. Then I moved on to doilies but I don't really like how they look in my home. To me they seem a little old fashioned, something that belongs in my mom's house instead. I still think that they are beautiful and it shows a lot of crafting talent and patience to create them, but I do feel that they are not as popular nowadays.

I don't know if it is a thing of the past. Two of my daughters just recently learned how to crochet, and they both have said after they master the yarn crocheting, they want to try the thread. I believe its that they need to learn the different stitches so they don't have to remember the yarn over, or skip, then double this or triple that..lol They want to know the stitches before they work on something that small. Myself I have made so many of the doilies I have no idea how many I have made. I also crocheted pictures out of the thread. I would draw out a pattern on graph paper and then proceed to crochet it with the thread. I have had many compliments on those. I haven't been doing as much lately after I had surgery on both hands. I did try to see if I could still crochet last summer and I was able to. The only draw back is I can't work it as long as I was able to before. Hands start aching and I have to let them rest. Still It is an art to me.