The Belladonna lace is underway! See the blog of 10 May for
the creation of the design and the thinking behind it. I decided to go with a
simple pattern of a leaf and two berries either side, which is quick to work
and doesn’t require any adding or removing of pairs as I work. I will have to make
quite a length of it to go round the edge of a veil so I do want something
quick and relatively easy to work. I’m making it in black because it’s supposed
to be a mourning veil. However, because black thread always seems to fill the
space more fully than white I’m trying to keep the design fairly open. I’m working
the small berries in whole stitch and the leaf shape in half stitch. I decided
to add a pair of gold threads on both the upper and lower edge to give it a
touch of glamour and to suggest that the mourning may not be entirely sincere!
I now need to determine how long the piece needs to be and to time myself
working a repeat so I can see how long it will take me to complete the whole
thing.
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