Note: This post originally appeared in September, 2015. I'm backfilling missing posts from mu hard copy project documentation. The content of the post has not been altered from the original. - AR/JC Separating the first section from the next to delineate where I start to experiment I did a little thread diagram to try and show what I was attempting. I had no historical evidence to back up this choice – I just wanted to see if the end result would look better. I sent a copy of this to the local lacemaking laurel, whose brain I was picking, to get her thoughts. Answer I got back was to try it. ‘Just play’. Things I don’t like about this picot style: leaving the inner bobbin pair alone, while the outer pair twists around the pin leaves an unsightly gap when the pins are removed. I decided to re-run the cotton piece using demonstrating with the double picot style I used exclusively on pattern 1. I also threw in a simple loop picot to experiment, to see if I liked the difference.
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AuthorWelcome to the SCA blog of Lady Jane Caldwell. Lady Jane plays in 1534 and is interested in early period lace. Lady Jane hails from the Barony of Skraeling Althing in Ealdormere. Lady Jane is also a clothes whore who will wear clothing from multiple periods to either feel pretty or feel comfortable. Archives
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