This could be used as a Christmas tree decoration. Click here for more Christmas decorations.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 17 pairs (14 pale blue, 3 glow-in-the-dark or other)
Style: Bucks Point
Stitches:
half stitch
half stitch and twist
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
Details:
honeycomb (blue)
rose ground (green)
cloth zigzag (yellow)
Winkie pin twisted footside (pink)
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 zigzag are glow-in-the-dark threads (but you could use something else). The two egdge pairs (making the Winkie pin footside) are the same.
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 start.
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.
Click here for how to work a hexagonal mat. Click here for how to finish a mat.
Here is a larger version so you can see the stitches:
© Jo Edkins 2020 - return to lace index