This is an attempt to reproduce the lace in Allori's Annunciation - see below for picture, detail and discussion. This is a second attempt - the first was pattern 567. This one is, I think, better. There are two picots in the middle, as opposed to one. I also made the two edge passive pairs a different type of gold thread. The edge picots are also all done by the same pair, rather than the pairs taking turns, as in the other version.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 4 pairs
Style: Plaited lace
Size: 3.5 inches long
Stitches:
plaits
picot
cloth stitch
twist pair
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
There are only four pairs! Two pairs are the passives, which travel straight down the lace. They are twisted (lots of times!) between the groups of picots. The other two pairs travel from one edge to the other, diagonally, as a plait, with both doing picots in the middle, either side of the plait. One crosses a passive pair in cloth stitch, and does three picots next to each other. Tighten them well! This pair then crosses the passive pair again, in cloth stitch, and everything is tightened well, to push the three picots together.
Detail from painting
Enlarged version showing details of working.
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