Beginner’s Armenian lace on
Romanian Cord
We’ve all been admiring Totus Mel’s gorgeous Armenian lace doilies and when she put up her first video, it
looked pretty simple. Have wanted to try Romanian lacing for a long time, too –
ever since I came across it on pinterest.
This is my very first attempt at
both ….
Romanian Point Lace Cord video tutorial by Wendy Harbaugh
Armenian Knotted Lace video tutorial by Totus Mel
The videos and instructions are excellent and easy to follow.
I used size 20 Anchor Mercer
Crochet Cotton 4054-0241 for the cord and an unbranded crochet perle cotton for
lace – perhaps a size 30.
I'm very pleased with my point lace cord - unfortunately no separate pic of it.
The thread seemed to get stuck
when pulling the needle. Till I started to pull the needle towards my left and
sort of guiding the double thread over my left thumb. Then knotting went
smoothly.
UPDATE (later in the day) : I cut off the lace and started again with size 40 Anchor Mercer and knotting is so much easier. It was the perle cotton that was 'knotty' !
UPDATE (later in the day) : I cut off the lace and started again with size 40 Anchor Mercer and knotting is so much easier. It was the perle cotton that was 'knotty' !
I need a lot of practice, especially climbing up/down. At present I’m happy that the main lace seems to be evenly spaced out.
For first triangle, I spaced each arch further apart. For second, there is only one ‘picot’ space.
What I like about both techniques?
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no special tools required
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no strain on eyes
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easily portable
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no need to remember a pattern (at least as yet)
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there seems to be tremendous scope for freeform
Can't say how, when, where I'll use these techniques, but I’m sure thrilled to learn something new!
This was lesson #1 – a basic
knot. Eager to see what the future holds …
Z Many many thanks to Totus &
Wendy Z
happy knotting J
