I was asked for some designs for apple blossom - individual small flowers. Here is one attempt. See also pattern 61, pattern 63 and pattern 64.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 9 pairs (2 green and 7 white)
Style: Bucks Point
Stitches:
half stitch and twist
twist
cloth stitch
twist pair
Details:
honeycomb (green)
Winkie pin cloth footside (pink)
how to work a pentagonal mat
how to start and finish mat
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace. This is worked as a tiny mat. Click here for how to work a pentagonal mat. Click here for how to finish a mat.
The Winkie pin cloth footside has two passive pairs. At the end of a petal, one of the passive pairs gets worked, in cloth stitch, across the white pairs, pin neat the centre of the flower, then gets worked back to the edge, then all white pairs get twisted. This frames each petal.
I did not want to overwrite the pattern showing what pairs gets hung where at the start, so I've marked it separately. This assumes that the start is at the top, although it would be more comfortable to turn the pillow slightly before working the first petal.
© Jo Edkins 2016 - return to lace index