I often browse through the online digital archives of the Australian National Library (aka Trove), looking for articles about knitting. Today’s search turned up a real treasure. A pattern for a hand knit oval lace doily.
![Hand Knit Lace Doily/Mat 1952](https://www.knitting-and.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lace-oval-mat.jpg)
From the Townsville Daily Bulletin, October 25th 1952.