---- "Mark wrote: I gave it a try and made a pattern from the inspirational piece of jewelry I found on google images of a St. Bridget Cross that I posted earlier. It is kind of Bedfordshire stye lace....I guess. -----
Great idea! And that inspires me to suggest variations. Those rectangles (with the plaits-n-picots that follow the original jewelry pattern) can be used to make a sampler of grounds/fillings. They could be filled with 4 different Russian fillings, or Honiton fillings, or Torchon grounds (honeycomb, Dieppe, rose ground, etc.). Of course, if you have one filling/ground that you especially like, you could do all four rectangles the same. You could also change the sort-of-nine-pin Beds loops on the end of each rectangle into a cluster of leaves. If that's too small, you could put sprays of wheat-ear leaves at the end of each rectangle. For that matter, you could put a plait down the middle of each rectangle and do leaves from one side of the rectangle, to the plait, and to the other side like a wheat ear. If you like leaves, that is <G>. Just some thoughts, Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
