#disabled bobbin lacemaker

[bubbinlaypse]

Tired!

Finally got this off the pins

Best one yet, I think? Most done.

Buuuut

Something weird with these loops, at the feet of the peas?

They're kinda loose, or something parts aren't twined in the others securely? Idk.

Pea 3 is a bit odd.

I'm sorry pea 3! I still love you!

[bubbinlaypse]

I haven't bobbined for a while. I was sick, and then I had a neuro appointment and I'm freaking out over my PIP tribunal this month too, but I finished a piece I started last month

Not perfect but I'm definitely getting better. I lose track if I don't pay attention sometimes.

Pleased enough with my rosegrounds, but I think my spiders need some work; the 1st and 2nd are okay, but the last two mwlted a little.

Also issues with the border in some places.

But still much better.

[bubbinlaypse]

So, this was unfair

I tried rosegrounds and spiders again, but with different thread. It looked okay. I'd tangled up at some points, so I knew it wouldn't be perfect, but when I took it off the pins....

Hallo? Excuse me??

Extremely rude.

[bubbinlaypse]

This time came out way better than the first few tries!

Partly the change of thread, I think, I could better see what was happening, but also what I was doing started to make sense to me.

The end instructions confused me though, I think that's obvious, lol

Still, I'm really pleased with how it came out.

[bubbinlaypse]

I torchonned the ground out of this lace!

My phone desaturated colours all the time, and it's focus skills are awful

I tried using solid colours instead of my usual variegated threads, but I hung them on the pins randomly, just to see what the colours would do

It's short because I had to take it off the pillow before we go away on holiday, where I hope to bobbin in the country

Really trying with that consistency, alongside experimenting with colours.

On another note, has anyone joined the Lace Guild in the UK? Is it worth it? Are their 2 magazines good?

[bubbinlaypse]

Going back to some easy torchon ground, just to play with colours

[bubbinlaypse]

This is just a pattern of half stitch, then some full stitches and twists at the end to make that edge, but it was so hard!

I think I got too caught up in the zig zags I was supposed to see... I don't know.

Not awful, but not perfect

[bubbinlaypse]

Its janky looking but just having finished it is an achievement

This is the last pattern in my bobbin lace kit

I've got some more books, some with patterns, and I think I'll go through all the beginner parts a couple of times

Maybe then I can have another go at this one and it'll come out better