Items purchased at the Gathering today

The Crochet A Long group started a "Blue Doily" from the March 2003 Crochet! magazine. I wanted to try this also, but started getting the magazine about Aug of 2003. So I looked at the books and magazines at the Gathering today, very little crochet because no crochet group there. Anyway, there were only 2 Crochet! magazines, and one was March 2003, snatched that up for a quarter! I also picked up 3 more balls of that Emmy Grande Lame thread. I had bought 1 in lilac and 1 in yellow at the Lace Guild booth at the Farm Show, not knowing what I was going to make but thought it would make a lovely doily. I started a doily, but the yarn is just too nice for a doily. It is gorgeous and would make a lovely doily, but the thread has 4% Spandex which gives it a nice gentle stretch which would be totally wasted on a doily. I started a swatch with the yellow using the spiderweb design. I thought it might make a nice bodice for a baby dress or sweater. It's absolutely wonderful, but the pattern is too deep for a baby bodice. I'm thinking a motif band at the bottom of a summer top. But making the entire top of this thread would be too expensive. Will keep thinking. Today, they had a little more of the Emmy thread, 1 of lilac and 2 of pink, so I bought them. I've found a website with the thread for sale, so if I decide what I might make, I know where to find it.
"Handy Hands Tatting"