Finally ready to make bobbin lace with the peg board and plarn. Oh, did I mention I designed a pattern too?

I am part of The Adventurous Lacemakers (TAL) group, which was originally started as a Patreon Masterclass, but has morphed into something so much more in-depth. Now, there are multiple teachers who take turns teaching us innovative bobbin lace techniques. There is a lot of content!

I also signed up for the Doily Free Zone (DFZ) last year. In 2021, DFZ put out 12 lace and lace-related classes. There was so much amazing information to be learned on a wide variety of subjects.

In the spirit learning as much as possible from the TAL and DFZ platforms, I decided to combine lacemaking techniques. Tarmo (@tarmot – Instagram) ran an XXL Lace class on DFZ. He provided excellent instruction on making large-scale lace.

On TAL, I looked at all the classes on Diamond Mesh Lace created by Jane Atkinson (@jane.atkinson_contemporarylace – Instagram). I love her method of creating Torchon lace. I used her technique to make multiple patterns.

I started in the top center of the board, using a plaited edge as explained in Jane’s post. She provided a simple, yet sturdy edging.

The pattern seemed to be going well enough, although I was having difficulty keeping my place. As you saw with the first picture, the pattern was placed on Styrofoam. When I made a stitch, I pinned the same spot on the pattern. The problem was the further into the pattern it got, more difficult it was to keep up. I went back to the original pattern, made the cloth stitch portion larger and reprinted. This was the key, and I kept working.