| Making this cloth was a labour of love. It was my parents' Christmas present not too long after I had started making lace. The cloth is 42cm x 42 cm square and it took about 350 hours work. A reasonable estimate is that it takes an hour to make a square inch of this kind of lace, including winding bobbins and sewing up. If I were to make another cloth from the same pattern I doubt it would take me much less time. I would be quicker at moving the bobbins but I would lack the enthusiasm to complete so many repeats which would slow me down. The sewing up alone took ten hours. |
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The cloth is worked in three
sections, a central square which uses 39 pairs of bobbins, a straight-edged
border with 46 pairs and an outer border which takes 28 pairs. I
worked it in DMC Coton a Machine 30 with Perle No. 12 for the gimp.
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The design is Hearts and Flowers
from The Torchon Lace Workbook by Bridget M. Cook. Further
details of the book are available on the Sources
and Links page.
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