WIP: Armenian lace doily edging (by Elena Dickson)
Today's featured WIP is a bit of a departure. It is the edging on a doily, using the techniques and a design found in the book Knotted Lace in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition
Technique/Materials: This edging consists of loops of thread in between knots, worked around and around the pre-made doily. The design develops in the spacing of the knots into the previous rows. The thread is DMC Cordonnet.
Background: I really don't recall when I started this. My edition of the book was published in 1999, so it was sometime in the past ten years. This is another travel project.
Why it's not done: It's really pretty, but doing row upon row of knots gets a little tedious. Never mind that it is "in hand" work, with all of the issues I've got with it.
What's left to do: Lots more knots. Here's what the completed edging is supposed to look like.
2 comments:
Hi, Jeanne,
Have you finished your knotted lace doily? I know this book, it's been published in Poland. I've made several doilies and love this technique. It's great to see that somebody is doing the same thing :)
My works are here http://piwonia67.fotosik.pl/albumy/705090.html and here https://picasaweb.google.com/Piwonia67/KoronkiPetelkowe#
Not many yet, but more will come :)
Great try! I do this kind of stuff too but I do the flowers and the more "Turkish" side of it. If you'd like to have a look then heres the link
www.couchcrochetcrumbs.blogspot.com
Cheers.
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