This is not the right way up for a Christmas tree decoration! Perhaps you could use it to decorate a card or go round a cake. Click here for more Christmas decorations.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 15 pairs
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
twist pair
Details:
star ground (green)
Torchon ground (grey)
cloth triangle (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 fir trees are bits of triangles.
© Jo Edkins 2016 - return to lace index