AH! OK.  I have Doris' book and have worked just a bit on this type
of snaking trail effect with my lessons.  Will have to look on the
page you referenced.  Thanks for the explanations.  So fun to
chat and research about all this :)

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> Mark
>
The defining element of the King Christian type of design is the
snaking
> trail, typically in the shape it has in your lace.  The
trail is worked in
> the
> Cluny manner, not the Beds
manner:  pairs enter and pass through the
> trail,
>
instead of being stored in the trail. There is usually a cloth or half
> stitch
> spot filling the area inside the trail, just like
yous.   Unfortunately I
> don't have any pictures.  I do have
Doris Southard's book, the hardcover
> first
> edition.
And she does have a photo on page 192.  There are several
>
versions of
> the design.  I've been meaning to work one for 30
years and just never got
> around to it.
> Lorelei

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