Back at trying bobbin lace. I have a couple foam circles (seat cushion bases) to use as my working surface, and I'm happy with them. Before this I was using a couple different pillows that were too soft or too fuzzy or too curvy or whatever. This is sturdy and flat. So need to give it a fabric cover, but I wanted to get started, so we'll worry about that later.
I'm set up to do the "Rose Bed" pattern from Jo Edkin's website which looks like this:
A zigzag of rose ground with cloth stitch fans. I have the pattern mashed out and the hike pricked. I've done the first half-fan at the start and the first couple roses.
But then it was time to work the first half of the fan on the right. Now this pattern has a ground line of Torchon between the roses, and I made a line of Torchon on the outer edge of the roses too without thinking about it. But that was the worker pair for the fan that I led down the edge of the roses, so I need to work it all the way back if I want to continue the pattern as intended.
But I also really like doing the roses and want more of them in the pattern. Soooo...
What if I just add some extra roses in there? Now I'm trying to figure out how to get the pink pairs lined up to make that work. I think I need to work the one green pair back anyways since it's supposed to be the worker on the right side, and that should hopefully solve it.
Will try it out tomorrow. For now, it's bedtime.
