I just managed to delete instructions for writing a pattern for this doily as a project LOL
Thought some notes on how to "interpret" crochet might be handy. This exercise is fantastic for honing your crochet skills. Often, you can see an easier, new or more attractive way to do it!
With this doily, I started in the centre. I count 26 "legs" from the centre. The subsequent rows only require 24 and I can see skipped stitches, so I would make it 24. The legs are longer than trebles and look like double treble to me. 3 ch would replace the first dtr, so pattern would start "6 ch, join in ring with sl st. 3 ch, 23 dtr into ring, join to top of chain with sl st." The next row is just double crochet into each dtr, so "1 ch, 1 dc into each dtr, join to beg ch with sl st."
The next row has groups of 2 legs separated by chain. I can see 1 ch between the legs in each group, but can't see that they're needed, so I'd make this as I write the pattern as see whether they are needed or not. The legs are trebles.
"2ch, (1 ch if it's necessary) 1 tr, *3 ch, 2 tr. Rep 11 times. 3 ch, join to top of chain with sl st."
The next row is made up of two groups of 3 sts into each of the chain spaces, separated by chain to make the loops around the edge. I can see they are double trebles. The doily is made with just three double trebles on the left-hand group in a chain space, and a "bobble" type group on the right. I can't see why you wouldn't just use 2 bobbles. A bobble would be made by making the first dtr to the point that 2 loops are left on the hook, making the second dtr leaving 3 loops, making the third dtr leaving 4 loops, then drawing through all loops. I've finished up against the left side of a group of two and want to be in a chain space, so I would either slip stitch into the chain space, or change the pattern for the previous row so that I start with 2ch for 1 tr + 3 ch for the space. So the pattern would be "3 ch, bobble 2 dtr into the ch sp, 6 ch, bobble into same ch sp. *Bobble into next ch sp, 6 ch, bobble into same ch sp. Rep from * to end. Sl st to first bobble.
Last row is double crochet to create corners, edges and points for joining squares as they are worked. Where I start I will call the middle of one side of the square. I count 8 dc with a picot in the middle in each ch sp. The corners are gradually bigger sts with long ch loops. Pattern is "1 ch, 3 dc, 2ch, 4 dc into ch loop. *Make corner: 1 dc, 2 tr, 1 dtr, 9 ch, 1 dtr, 2 tr, 1 dc into next ch loop. 4 dc, 2 ch, 4 dc into next two ch space. Repeat from * to end, sl st to beg ch.
Then it's just making more squares and joining by making a sl st to other squares at corners and the picot points on each side.
Hope that's useful to anyone wanting to "interpret" crochet!

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