This is a wiggly lace design. Click here for other wiggly patterns.
Pattern 255 uses a similar idea to make a triangle - a corner for a mat or handkerchief.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 21 pairs
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch and twist
cloth stitch
twist pair
plait
reef knot
Details:
scallop (green)
cloth flower (red)
Torchon ground (grey)
how to work wiggly lace
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
As usual, you need to work down to the dark grey line, then turn the pillow for the next bit.
One problem with designs involving corners (and wiggles are just lots of corners) is the line through the point of the corner, caused by having to turn the pillow. This tends to be just a collection of threads travelling from one part of the pattern to the next, which can chop the design into its triangles. This pattern seeks to overcome the problem. Half of the cloth flower belongs to one half of the pattern. Then the pillow is worked and the other half of the flower is done. The centre of the flower is marked by a cross-over (cloth stitch and twist of the two pairs). This creates a bold design straddling this divide line.
There are other similar flowers in pattern 58, pattern 236 and pattern 255. I designed all these after seeing an old tapestry pattern of a flower on a website - see my version of it.
© Jo Edkins 2017 - return to lace index