This is is part of my exploration of English Midland type lace. It is a development from pattern 479. See also pattern 481.
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)
trails crossing (yellow)
twisted footside (grey)
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
Pattern 479 had cloth trails using 3 pairs (2 passives plus wokers). This pattern has 4 pairs, which makes a bolder pattern, less sparse. Also in this patterrn, the pairs join in a more organised fashion than previously, and all places where cloth trails meet are done by working the pairs in one trail across all pairs in the other, in cloth stitch.
Finally, this is designed on a square grid rather than an hexagonal trail, and the wheel only has 4 spokes.
Some of the pins either side of the cloth trails get used more than once, by the workers from different trails. If the pin is there already, then hook the pair of workers round it. This can be fiddly, so I suggest working the wheel more or less symmetrically on both sides, and from one side to the other.Otherwise you'll have to find the right pin when it's buried amongst lots of others. Not easy!
Here is a larger photo so you can see the detail.
This pattern was based on this piece in my lace collection:
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