Miniature leaf pattern
Name/Title
Miniature leaf patternEntry/Object ID
2020.1.373Description
From the book: "Several kinds of small-patterned lace go by this name. Three versions are given here. Version I is essentially a scaled-down Openwork Diamonds. Note that the double decrease in Rows 4 and 8 is "sl2 knitwise-k1-p2sso" instead of the usual "sl 1-k2 tog-psso". Version II is the "smallest-of-all" lace, the solution to the problem of how small a lace motif can be made without turning into a mesh or a form of trellis. The answer, of course, is that the lace motif must be at least three stitches wide; to bring it down to two stitches is to turn it into a simple decrease. Version III, an Italian pattern, is somewhat more sophisticated in technique than the other two. The motifs are formed on the right and wrong sides alternately, and the shapes are reminiscent of the Shetland Bead Stitch."Collection
Barbara Walker Swatch ProjectCategory
Chapter 10 : Lace