This could be used as a Christmas tree decoration. Click here for more Christmas decorations.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 17 pairs (2 gold pairs, 1 red pair, 14 green pairs)
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
twist pair
Details:
Torchon ground (grey)
cloth zigzag (red and yellow)
single twisted footside (grey & yellow)
circular mat
how to finish
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
The start is along a diagonal (although it looks horizontal above!), so one pair starts at each pin, and two at the edge. Above, I have marked the position of the false pins.
Click here for how to finish an edge. Remember to leave the first two rows of pins in the pattern in place, and push them up to their heads. Remove other pins to reuse at the end as usual. You will find that if you don't, the threads will catch on the pins as you turn the pillow.
This type of shape seems to have no straight part, but in fact you work it exactly the same as a square mat. Work a quarter, down to the next dark grey line, then turn the pillow to work the next quarter. Click here to see how to work it. You will need to use a pillow that you can get at from all sides.
This pattern uses colour quite a lot. There is a gold pair of threads as passives in the edge, which is a footside. (This is a cunning way to add a different colour to any pattern!) The outer zigzags are coloured red by one pair of red workers, and the inner zigzags are coloured gold in the same way. The zigzag workers manage to carry on from one quarter to the next OK (I was quite surprised when I discovered this!) but of course you do need to choose the right coloured pair as workers for the next bit.
© Jo Edkins 2016 - return to lace index