This pattern is connected to pattern 180.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 22 pairs
Style: English Midland experimental
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch and twist
cloth stitch
Details:
trail headside (red)
cloth triangle (red)
half stitch diamond (blue)
joining shapes horizontally (red)
vertical edges (red)
Torchon ground (grey)
twisted footside (grey)
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
After doing pattern 180, I waned to extend the idea. Here, the serpentine edging has unequal wiggles. Some of the pairs of threads joining the wiggles now cross over in a simple Torchon Ground stitch, and the rest slope to produce a more interesting design (or at least I think so!)
On the headside, the pinholes should probably be picots. However, I just twisted the worker pair twice and put the pin in. This gives the 'loopy' feel without the work! But if you're more patient than me, by all means make them picots instead. For the straight edges of the rest of the pattern, I didn't twist the worker pair at all when putting the pin in, so the loops are much smaller if there at all.
© Jo Edkins 2017 - return to lace index