Liz from Craft n Chat is a keen and expert lace-maker. She said I should have a go and I liked the idea, as it has always appeared to be so baffling.
She kindly lent me a Pad and lots of other essential items.
First she taught me how to thread the beads onto the bobbins. The beads identify the bobbins in pairs as all the work involves a pair of bobbins.
Then the bobbins need to be wound with thread. There is a worker pair which does all the work and crosses the work on each row. In the example below there are 5 passive pairs, shown in the middle at the top.
At the end of each row you place a pin in the cardboard ‘pricking’ (which is like a pattern) to keep the finished row in place and tension the work.
The workers are passed over and under each other in a sequence to create each stitch.
Stitches are varied by using different sequences and twisting the bobbins as you work across a line.
It is very much like weaving at this simple stage.
Pins are added into the centre of the ‘pricking’ to make loops and structured holes in more advanced work.
I was advised to use different coloured thread to make it easier and my worker thread was yellow which made it stand out.
This piece took about 4 hours all told.
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