This could be used as a Christmas tree decoration. Click here for more Christmas decorations.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 19 pairs (15 dark blue, 3 glow-in-the-dark, 1 gold)
Style: Bucks Point
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch
Details:
Bucks Point net (grey)
cloth diamond (red)
cloth zigzag (green)
cloth footside (blue)
hexagonal mat
how to finish
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace. The workers in the zigzags and the passives in the cloth footside are glow-in-the-dark threads. The workers in the diamonds are golden.
The start is along a diagonal, 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.
You turn the pillow after each sixth. Before starting the next, it's a good idea to work the gold pair through all passives to the centre and back again. This fills out the star nicely.
Click here for how to work a hexagonal mat. Click here for how to finish a mat.
Here is the effect in the dark:
© Jo Edkins 2018 - return to lace index