Pattern:
Bobbins: 15 pairs
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch and twist
cloth stitch
Details:
Torchon ground (grey)
twisted footside (grey)
heart (red)
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
Since the hearts all touch, it would be possible to colour them by making the worker pair a different colour to the rest. Make sure that you use that pair as the workers for all the hearts!
While looking at Downton lace in Salisbury Museum (England) I discovered these hearts. These are simplified zigzags. I'm surprised that they are not more common, as they use standard Torchon techniques, are easy to work, and look attractive. Downton lace is local to Salisbury, in south England. It has the peculiarity that it is worked with the footside on the left, rather then the right (which is more usual to English lace). I suspect the influence of a foreign lace teacher at some point! Much Downton lace is similar to Torchon, so I am categorising these hearts as Torchon.
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