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Bobbin Lace patterns - Circular mats

A circular mat is a piece of lace worked in a specific way, a quarter (or a sixth) at a time. It is designed on a distorted grid, so the final shape ends up as a circle rather than a square (or hexagon). It needs to be a large piece for a proper mat. Small pieces are just decorations. However, they are made in exactly the same way, so I am describing them all as mats.

Click here to see how to work a circular mat. Click here to see how to start and finish a mat.

15 pairs

Red star, gold beamsPicture of lace

16 pairs

Jam jar coverPicture of lace

17 pairs

Gold star, red beamsPicture of lace

Fragmented starPicture of lace

Squaring the circlePicture of lace

Glow-in-dark snowflakePicture of lace

Star with rose groundPicture of lace

18 pairs

Celtic knot decorationPicture of lace

Butterfly matPicture of lace

Oval matPicture of lace

19 pairs

Glow-in-dark starPicture of lace

23 pairs

Round mat with triangular groundPicture of lace

27 pairs

Hearts matPicture of lace

12 pairs (plus 8 gimps)

Cretan maze walls (gimp)Picture of lace

19 pairs (plus 11 gimps)

Chartres maze (gimp)Picture of lace

31 pairs (plus a wire)

Beads roundPicture of lace

31 pairs (plus 2 gimps and a wire)

Spiral hearts roundPicture of lace

31 pairs (plus 6 gimps and a wire)

Feathers and flowersPicture of lace


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