Maybe someone here can help. I'm looking for an *existing* pattern (pricking and photo of finished lace; diagram would be nice, but not strictly necessary. I hope <g>) of an edging with a clear paisley/leaf (or feather) shape.
It has to be continuous lace, PG by preference (the fabric is silk georgette; the lace needs to be fine, to match that). Continental PG by double preference, but, I suppose, I can always flip the pricking if someone comes up with a Bucks one (I'm cack-handed at left-hand-side picots).
It has to be fairly simple - 25-35 pairs. I'll need a fair amount of it, and it's not a dress I'd like to wear in my coffin... :)
I want *scallops in the headside*, so please do not suggest insertions, or laces with a picoted but straight edge (why go to the trouble of making picots on a straight edge, anyway? I always change those to insertions, with footsides on both sides <g>). The fat part of a paisley/leaf/feather would make a nice scallop, I'm sure, the skinny part adding interest to the rest...
Still not the perfect paisley pattern, but here's a few to look at and think maybe ...
Bayeaux Lace (Nobecourt & Potin), p 67 -- Leaves and Rings
Tonder/Tyl 17 Monstre med arbejdstegninger, p 6 -- Sneglen, and p 9 -- Tilde
Tonderkniplger I (Skovgaard), p 61 -- Knipling med druer, and p 66, Et blad af ringe og cirkler
Knipling 3 (Trend Nissen), p 70 -- Rodtjorn, and p 63 -- Bonderosen
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