I finished my first mat!!
Sure, some of the edges are a little wonky, and sure the stitches aren't quite lying flat, but I'm sure I'll do better on my next try!
I had no idea there was a lace community on tumblr until I posted and people answered! You all have been so helpful and wonderful, and I promise I'm going to buy an actual cookie pillow instead of using cardboard wrapped in a towel wrapped in a t-shirt...
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How to make DIY Photo Frame with Cute Flowers by 6 Minute Crafts
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This Graph is for yarn but I think it applies to my Fabric too!
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Utagawa Hiroshige, Rose, Edo period (1615-1868)
William Morris, Fabric Pattern, Rose, 1883
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I'm almost finished* with my current project!
*read: almost out of thread on the bobbins because I don't have a plan for the lace and thus don't have a planned stopping point for length
(pattern is a modified-by-me version of this Framed Rose Ground)
And I'm super excited to start the next one!
(pattern is this Roman Maze)
It's probably way too advanced for my skill level, as I really haven't made many pieces before (the pattern in the first picture twice, a bookmark piece with spiders and Torchon ground, a bookmark with Torchon ground and one diamond of cloth stitch, and then another bookmark piece of just Torchon ground).
I've also never done a mat of any sort before, or worked with gimps at all, which this pattern has a frankly ridiculous amount of.
But I've learned that doing pieces I'm already capable of is incredibly boring for me. The first piece that I did was just Torchon ground with twisted footside, and it was so boring and unchallenging (and also looked like I could crochet it in minutes) that I almost gave up lace making as soon as I started.
So I've figured that the best way to keep my own interest is to jump headfirst into the deep end and flounder until I figure out how to swim!
That said, if anyone has any advice on gimps (do you really not secure them to the rest of the lace? do you really just rely on the surrounding twists to hold them in place??! that seems insanely tenuous!), it's more than welcome!
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