I have
finally finished my ‘Me too’ bobbin lace mat but now have to tidy up all the
ends either by sewing them in or cutting them off depending on where they left
the work. I was hoping with this continuous type of lace that there wouldn’t be
quite so many ends to tidy up but of course you can only wind a certain amount
of thread round a bobbin and when that runs out you have to tie in a new
thread. Also the text in the centre of the mat was quite fiddly involving lots
of beginnings and ends which also leads to a lot of threads to deal with at the
end. It will be good to get the work off the pillow and see what it looks like from the front as I've been working it from the back. I’m now planning the next mat in this series of subversive lace mats commenting
on the constraints of domesticity. I have certainly enjoyed working this type
of tape lace and feel I have got to know the technique much better, which means
I have a better idea of how to design for it. I will definitely use it again
for the circumference of the mat and as much of the centre as possible. I now
have to decide on my text for the next one and then start designing around it.
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