Cloth stitch is like weaving. I wondered if you could get an effect of tartan.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 16 pairs (6 first colour, 6 second colour, 4 edge colour)
Style: Torchon
Size: 3.25 inches long
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
Details:
Torchon ground
half stitch spider
diamond
Winkie pin twisted footside
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
You need to start the coloured threads in the right place, as marked. The two colours of thread are symmetrical, and travel from one side of the lace to another. There is a Winkie pin footside, and I've made the passives a third colour, to keep the pattern balanced
The diamonds are all a single colour. Between the diamonds is a half stitch spider. This has the odd property that the half stitch, as usual, muddles up the pairs, but then by the end, they all come back in their original pairs!
Here is a larger scale photo, to see the working:
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