This could be used as a Christmas tree decoration. Click here for more Christmas decorations.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 18 pairs (and 2 red sequins)
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
twist pair
Details:
cloth zigzag (red)
Torchon ground (grey)
Winkie pin twisted footside (grey)
insert a sequin (pink)
make a sewing
how to work a roundel
how to finish
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace. It may seem strange that the curving lines are merely zigzags, but I assure you - that is all they are! This circular grid makes straight lines into curves. Apart from starting and finishing, this is a very simple pattern to work, once you've worked out what's going on! The pattern does suggest working in two sequins, but that is optional. It is easy to do (if you have the sequins). Click here to see how to insert a bead, and the sequin works the same way.
The main complication here is the start. Normally with these circles, you would hope to start with a diagonal line from the edge to the centre (click here to see how to do this). However, all diagonal lines in this pattern would go through areas of cloth stitch. The next alternative is a point, with diagonals both sides. That isn't possible either. You have to start where the green line is. The diagram shows where the pairs of thread must start. However, at one point, the diagonal does a little zigzag, and the pinholes here have zero pairs marked as starting. The top pin hole like this has one pair coming in (from the previous pin), and going round a pin without making a stitch. This pair then joins another pair to make the stitch below. This leaves an awkwardness when you have finished the whole pattern. For the last bit of cloth stitch, the worker pair will have to connect with this looped pair of threads. Link the two pairs using a crochet hook - this is called "making a sewing".
Click here for how to finish an edge.
This pattern is all the same colour, and green is an obvious choice for leaves, with red sequins as berries. You can leave the sequins out, or make them beads, or have more (or less) of them, or different colours. You can have the wreath itself a different colour as well.
© Jo Edkins 2016 - return to lace index