Hi. I believe that this is made in two parts, sort of. The outside edging is made first. Then the pins are pushed down around the center section for 2 or 3 rows to anchor it well. The inside part is done with sewings in the connecting pins. The little circles do mark the starting points and number of pairs. If you look at the corner of the inside pattern, there are some pinholess with squares around them at the points the two parts connect. This means a sewing point. I would put an extra twist on the worker pair when working the the pin the first time to make the hole easier to sew through.
When two parts connect in the middle of a pattern, and are hooked together with a 'sewing', it may not leave any line or indication of the two parts. In this case, in the picture, if you look very closely, there is an extra loop of thread around the inside edge of the oval formation (flower?) where it is carried from pin one to pin three before moving back into the pattern. This loop does not appear on the matching ovals around the outside of the doily. This is the only indication that this was done in two parts, and people will not even notice it. Have fun working the pattern. Alice in Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miriam Gidron" <mgid...@netvision.net.il> I need your help. I want to make the center piece on page86 (leinikkipelto) in the book "Let's make bobbin lace" by Eva-Lisa Kortelahti. The pattern has two parts which, as far as I understand are worked separately but yet one part is joined to the other part in some stage of the work., My question is which part comes first and how are the joins worked. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
