This could be used as a Christmas tree decoration. Click here for more Christmas decorations.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 12 pairs (1 blue pair, 11 silver pairs)
Style: Torchon/Bucks Point
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
twist pair
Details:
Torchon ground (grey)
cloth fan (red)
hexagonal mat
how to finish
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
The start is along a diagonal, so one pair starts at each pin, and two at the edge. Above, I have marked the position of the false pins.
Click here for how to finish an edge. Remember to leave the first two rows of pins in the pattern in place, and push them up to their heads. Remove other pins to reuse at the end as usual. You will find that if you don't, the threads will catch on the pins as you turn the pillow.
Click here for how to work a hexagonal mat. Click here for how to finish a mat.
There is actually a cloth fan headside around the edge, although the fans don't have any curve! Since they are cloth fans, they are coloured by the worker pair, which moves from one fan to the next at the edge. Make sure that you always use the right coloured pair as workers. This worker pair will also use more thread than the other pairs, so wind on more thread.
© Jo Edkins 2016 - return to lace index