Pattern:
Bobbins: 32 pairs. In fact, I replaced the outer pair with a wire. As a pair came to the edge, I twisted it 6 times to make a loop. I threaded the wire through the loops after finishing the lace.
Style: Torchon
Size: 6 inches across
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch
twist pair
insert a bead
Details:
Torchon ground (grey)
triangular ground (green)
rose ground (yellow)
half stitch diamond (blue)
half stitch zigzag (blue)
cloth stitch zigzag (red)
cloth stitch heart (red)
how to work a circular mat
how to finish
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace. You will need a pillow large enough to take the pattern or something like a block pillow, and some clever positioing on the pattern, so you can turn it. You do one section, then turn the pillow to do the next section. See circular mat. The yellow lines are not worked, they merely tell you when to turn the pillow for the next section.
The beads were too small to use a crochet hook! So I unwound the bobbin, threaded on the bead, then rewound the bobbin. I choose the colours at random.
Here is how you start the lace.
Here is a larger scale photo, to see the working:
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