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Pattern 119 - Snowman

Picture of lace

This could be used as a Christmas tree decoration. Perhaps you could use it to decorate a card. Click here for more Christmas decorations.

Pattern:
   Pattern of lace

Bobbins: 20 pairs

Style: Torchon

Stitches:
   half stitch
   cloth stitch
   cloth stitch and twist
   twist pair

Details:
   star ground (green)
   Torchon ground (grey)
   cloth shape (red)
   horizontal and vertical edges
   footside with no passives (grey)

Description:

Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace. The start is one of the edge pairs working in cloth stitch across all other pairs, then back again. This strengthens the start and frames the picture.

The star ground is supposed to represent snowflakes. The snowman is rather a large shape, and these can be hard to work evenly (as you can see!) The brim of his hat is a line of cloth stitch to the outer pinhole, then back again. It doesn't work very well!