Pattern:
Bobbins: 23 pairs
Style: English Midland
Stitches:
plait (pink)
lazy join
picot
join - 2 pair + 1 pair
cloth stitch
half stitch
Details:
nine pin headside (pink)
cloth bud (blue)
honeycomb (dark yellow)
Bucks Point ground (grey)
cloth trail (blue)
half stitch trail (green)
chevron pointing upwards
chevron pointing downwards
cloth footside (grey)
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
The tricky part is when the trails split, working out how many in each half! There are a LOT of pairs being worked in cloth stitch or half stitch between the grounds.
I made this pattern in the style of a piece of lace (see below) in the Norris Museum in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. This used to be a lacemaking area.
There is another version of this pattern here. This page shows my second attempt. I didn't like the large number of pairs in the small area between the framed diamonds in the original. I also binned the tallies at the same time!
© Jo Edkins 2018 - return to lace index