Pattern:
Bobbins: 19 pairs
Style: English Midland
Stitches:
plait (green)
lazy join
picot
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
Details:
nine pin headside (green)
cloth trail (red)
half stitch bud (blue)
twisted footside (grey)
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
The trail here varies dramatically in width! I have encouraged the effect by bmaking it wider on the pattern where it contains more pairs. At the widest point, there are 11 passive pairs! At the narrowest, there are 2 pairs.
Here is a larger photo so you can see the detail.
This pattern was based on this piece in my lace collection:
The same pattern is in the Museum of Rural Life (MERL) in Reading. CLick on photo for largeser version.
© Jo Edkins 2021 - return to lace index