Snow Flower Doily

During commercials in the Olympics I worked the picot row on the doily. It called for an sc, ch 5 and slip stitch in the first ch. The picot was not as neat & tight as they usually are. The top didn't have a nice point, and the center chain opened up too much. I tried an sc, ch3, slip; then an sc, ch 3, sc - that let the scs slide a little, still too open; then tried an sc, ch 4, and sc into the side of the first sc instead of the chain - that's a pretty picot! And an sc into the side of a stitch is so much easier than a slip into a chain. When you have over 400 picots, it's nice to have one that works up easily. I just have the 3 ruffly center rows to do, but decide to do a light blocking first. I gave it a light water spritz, and gently stretching and the ruffles came out. This is going to be a beautiful doily when finished. Pictures later.