Chevrons look like zigzags, but they aren't!
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Bobbins: 12 pairs
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
Details:
winkie pin twisted footside (grey)
chevron pointing upwards
Description:A chevron starts off being worked like a diamond, until you get to the point where the two arms divide. This causes a problem, since the next few rows need to have two pairs of workers, one pair either side of the hole. One of these pairs will be the pair that you're already using. But you need to choose another pair to be the other worker for the other side. The obvious pair is the central pair, which started off the dimond at the top point with the worker pair. There is more than one way to do this, and I must admit that in this website, I keep changing my mind which is the best way! In the photo, you can see that I work the lace down to the two holes on the edge of the diamond just above the top of the hole. Then I work the worker pair back to the middle, do a cloth stitch with the central pair, put in a pin, then work the worker pair, and the central pair, outwards as worker pairs back to the edge of the lace. Perhaps you can think of a different way to do this!
Whatever technique you use, continue using both the workers to work cloth stitch either side of the hole with their own half of the diamond's passives, until they get to the bottom of the chevron.
Chevrons always cause me problems with lace, and whenever I do one, I am always unhappy with the result, particularly in the area where I switch from one worker pair to two. But I think this is a case of the lacemaker seeing flaws that other people don't notice as much!
Close up of the lace, so you can see the working in more detail
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