I developed a serious lace interest about 40 years ago, via taking needle
lace courses taught by EGA. Since our lace guilds primarily focus on
bobbin lace at this time in history, this is something for people who prefer
needles as their tool-of-choice to know.
If you are a member of EGA, o
hi Susan (and anyone else interested)
Back on a proper PC at last :-) , the instructions for sternchengrund I
found were at
http://www.handarbeitsfrau.de/thema/Sternchengrund-mit-4-Paaren.19718/
It's the reply from Kloeppel-tante ("lace aunt"- I love that username -
says something about the wa
Thank you Beth! I will print out your instructions & save them with my
pricking. It looks like I got the first part correct (the half stitch corners)
but then used kiss stitch (ctctc) rather than a crossing (like a spider). Is
this diagrammed in the Bellon book Grund Variationen mit 25 Kloppe
making a little star - Sternchen or a spider or snowflakes you always need a
grid around them. It could be two pairs or as in the egg only one. Those could
be worked in half-, linen- or cloth stitch. Through this grid the pairs, two or
three from each side, for the star come in are worked ih hal
