Some days back, I had visited a friend of mine recuperating after a surgery at her mom's place. While conversing on different forms on handwork ,which is our common interest, her mom showed me some laces she had made. She had learnt it from a relative of hers many years ago. She wanted to know if I knew the name of the method and if other patterns were available.
I've no knowledge of laces or lace making,so I clicked a few pics of some of the lace strips made by her so as to show you all. If anyone of you know anything about this method and resources ,please do let me know so that I can pass it on to her.
She makes these laces with two long spokes she has resourced from a cycle wheel.From what she has told me there are some formulas involved and the creation requires lot of time. But isn't all lace making laborious and time consuming?
I've left the pictures big enough so that you can have a closer look. What do you think? Is this knitting lace? Iam making a guess since it uses two needles.If anyone is aware of this method ,please leave a comment here in this post.
Love,luck and sunshine,
Deepa
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The lace is beautiful and it looks like knitted. I too will try and find it out.
"Crochet Hairpin Rosette"
here is the link
http://www.favecrafts.com/Green-Crafting/12-thrifty-trash-to-treasure-crafts-eBook
Diane in Ontario
http://www.interweavestore.com/Knitting/Books/Knitted-Lace-of-Estonia-with-DVD.html
It is possible to use graph paper to chart knitting (Burda knitting patterns are usually published with their instructions in graphic format). Using such a system, you might be able to work out, by tracing each strands twists and turns, how to duplicate this lovely piece.
The lacey bits are created by simple yarn-overs. I think the primary complexities in this piece involve the directions of the decreases that allow the width to remain constant. If you are interested in knitting patterns of any sort -- but especially in understanding the shaping that is created by various methods of decreases, Barbara Walker wrote two books -- A Treasury of Knitting Patterns and A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns that I still consider to be the definitive works. I cannot imagine a design that cannot be generated by careful study of her painstaking, encyclopedic study of patterns throughout the centuries.