Yes, I agree with you - and Claire has found the product used
http://www.cpu-enterprises.com/sirdar/loopa.htm
also instructions at
http://www.hcscrafts.co.uk/index.php?item=1749
Somehow I don't think it's really necessary to buy a fancy gadget, a piece of
sturdy card or thick plastic cut to
I'm working on a variety of torchon corners for Lace Guild Convention - and
picking brains as to how a scarf was made.
DD was given a scarf for Christmas, but it's really not her colour so she gave
it to me at the weekend - and I wore it today. It was given to Lucy by a
colleague. Apparently
Both crochet and knitting have 'loop' stitches which show a similar effect
to your scarf. That would be my guess, one of those - inclined to the
knitting, looking at the shape of the stitches in the centre. Maybe it is a
variation of 'broomstick lace.'
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Brenda
Maybe a variation of hairpin lace? It looks somewhat like a basic strip of
this, just with fancier thread than I have seen before. There are a couple of
websites with fairly good pictures - e.g.
http://www.crochetcabana.com/specialty/hairpin_lace.htm
All of these that I've seen secure the
Definitely not hairpin. If it were hairpin lace, the central rib
would be made of the same novelty yarn. I'm inclined to agree with
Patty, who suggested that a novelty yarn was crocheted with a binder
yarn (the smooth brown yarn) on a hairpin lace form.
I used to make hairpin lace but found that
