This is a wiggly lace design. Click here for other wiggly patterns.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 27 pairs
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
twist single pair (grey)
Details:
scallop headside (yellow)
half stitch triangle (blue)
half stitch zigzag (red)
Torchon ground (grey)
rose ground (green - two different scales)
rose ground edge (green)
Winkie pin twisted footside (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.
This doesn't look like a wiggle pattern, but it is. If you look carefully, there is a scallop headside in the middle of the lace! Then there is a wiggle on the edge of this. This has the rather strange effect that the lace has two different scales. The main lace is quite large scale, and the wiggle is smaller. The main lace needs to be worked straight down, but you will need to turn the pillow to one side or the other to work the wiggle. The edge of the wiggle is a Winkie pin twisted footside.
This does produce quite good points. These are, in fact, caused by the scallops, but hidden by the wiggle outside that.
I specified 27 pairs for this pattern although I only used 26 pairs for the piece in the photo, which is why the half stitch triangles don't join very well!
© Jo Edkins 2017 - return to lace index