Hi Debora, The top half of the open spider is done as normal....weave the pairs on one side through all the pairs on the other side.
The bottom half is divided. Separate the pairs into two sections at the middle pin (where the middle pin would be if you use one). Set one section aside. The center pair of the remaining section is woven back through it's own side and connects at the first pin. Take the new center pair through the remaining two pairs and connect to the next pin. Take the new center pair through the one other pair and connect to the 3rd pin. Then connect the last pair to the 4th pin. Remember to put in the desired twists on each leg. Then take the other section and do the same to the other side. Just weave from the center, out. The main difference is that the center pairs of the bottom half are woven back through their own set of pairs instead of through the opposite set of pairs. This creates the open space in the middle of the bottom half. It's an interesting variation that you could try in your next project that has spiders. Alice in Oregon.... where everything is gray but there's hope of sunshine in a couple more days. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debora Lustgarten" <[email protected]> To: [email protected], "Carolina de la Guardia" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 6:45:03 AM Subject: [lace] Alcanar Lace Day and open spider Thanks to Carolina for the new set of wonderful lace day pictures! In picture 50 there are some very interesting open spiders. Does anyone know how to make them? Could we get either a "blow by blow" explanation or a line diagram showing the movement of the pairs for them? Thanks a million! Debora Lustgarten - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
