#learning guides

[learning-needle-lace]

The first 'petals' are filled! Need to put a net-like stitch or some bars to hold the petals in place before buttonholing the cordonnet and (finally) trim the loose ends of this section.

Stitch Guide \/

Pic 2: Pea stitch

Pic 3 top arch: Single Brussels

Pic 3 bottom 'Fan': Not a formal stitch- just something I came up with on the spot. I just looped thread around the bottom center point, took it up over and behind the cordonnet between stitches, and brought it back down- No loop/knot at the top. Then repeated that again alternating sides until the space was full.

[learning-needle-lace]

aannd the attempts at Greek net stitch are gone. Snipped them out and replaced them with bars. Added a plain Russian stitch in the gap between the two cordonnet lines. Then I started buttonholing the cordonnet of the filled petals to get some of the loose ends taken care of.

Stitch guides \/

Pic 2: Buttonhole bar

Pic 2: Plain Russian Stitch

Pic 3: Buttonhole. Worked the same way as the Buttohole bar in Pic 2, just over the cordonnet and loose ends* and in between where the filling stitches are looped over the cordonnet.

*I choose not to put any additional padding thread in. Rather I keep my loose ends long (2+ inches), run them with the cordonnet, buttonhole along, snip them right before the end of the thread, and buttonhole the tiny last bit in. I find this prevents the threads from becoming too frayed to smoothly buttonhole over as I work. It also feels like it keeps the threads really secure while still adding the extra fullness that padding threads do.