Machine lace

This is a good imitation of bobbin lace, but various parts are made in a different way, which shows that this is machine lace.

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The weaving effect here is clear. However, the worker pairs are thinner than the passives, which gives an unbalanced weave. Bobbin lace always has cloth stitch made with threads of the same thickness. Also, the picots have not been made with the workers, but with threads that stay at the edge.