>RPL alternate simple cords
02 Mar 2011 1 Comment
in crochet, free craft patterns, romanian point lace
>These are cords that you can use to add to your Romanian lace. I still recommend the first cord as your main cord becasue it unravels both ways where as these only unravel from one end and are more decorative than helpful in construction.
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chain 4
row 1 sc in second chain from hook and in each chain across chain 1 turn( 3 sc)
row 2 *sc in each sc across chain 1 turn work(3sc)* repeat to desired length
chain 4
row 1 1sc in second chain, 3 sc in last chain, chain 1 turn work ( 4sc)
row 2 *1sc in 1st sc, 3 sc in next sc , chain 1 turn work (4 sc)* repeat to desired length
Chain 4
row 1 1sc in second chain and 3rd chain, 3 sc in last chain, chain 1 turn work ( 5sc)
row 2 *1sc in 1st and 2nd sc, 3 sc in next sc , chain 1 turn work (5 sc)* repeat to desired length
chain 3
row 1 3 sc in second chain, 2 sc in last chain, chain 1 turn work ( 5sc)
row 2 *3sc in 1st , 2sc in next sc , chain 1 turn work (5 sc)* repeat to desired length
chain 4
row 1 3 sc in second chain, 2 sc in next chain, 1 sc in last chain, chain 1 turn work ( 6sc)
row 2 *3sc in 1st , 2sc in next sc , 1 sc in last sc, chain 1 turn work (6 sc)* repeat to desired length
shell triple V sc cord
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>Finished…pictures speak loader than words
13 Sep 2010 4 Comments
in crochet, Needlelace, needlework, romanian point lace
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>Bolero progress while on vacation
23 Aug 2010 3 Comments
in heirloom sewing, Needlelace, romanian point lace
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Here is the progress I made at granddaddy’s house and in the four hour drive home from there. You can also see a little bit of the progress I have made on the heirloom blouse. I am thinking about putting a battenberg yoke on it (that use to be a collar) to make it a little fancier in the yoke area still thinking on that part of things and you can see the type of collar I am putting on the blouse. Also you may have noticed I have added lace around the hem of the blouse. Just so it is clear these two items would not be worn together on me they are just both on the mannequin at the same time to test things out.
To place the bolero on the dress-form easily it is actually inside out because it is still attached to the pattern. The pink fabric you see is a pattern that is over 100 years old. You can see where it is still attached to the pattern which is where I am still working on it. This has close to two hundred hours of time in it already. That of course is the cord making too. This is why I don’t mind giving my children the supplies to make one well because the expense isn’t in the thread it took to make it but in the time involved and the skill needed to make the filling stitches and cord and baste to the pattern. In their case I would do the tracing of the pattern too as I wouldn’t let them use the original it wouldn’t survive the abuse of children working on it. But a new copy on muslin would. I just don’t think they have that type of patients yet.
>Bolero Romanian Point progress
23 Aug 2010 1 Comment
in crochet, romanian point lace
>I went on vacation for a few days and took this as my work-on-in-the-car-project. It is now about 90 percent done and looks like it may fit me. Although my middle daughter is still claiming it to be hers. I was happy to let her learn to make the cord with my help, which she did for about 5 inches of cord. I was going to copy the pattern for her use. But after the 5 inches of cord she decided she didn’t want to make yards and yards of cord. She decided she would just have mine. I have explained that isn’t an option but well she is a kid and thinks she knows best. My oldest wants to give the cord a try to so she can have one. I don’t think she will get much farther either but she is welcome to try. I offered both all the supplies they need and my help but I don’t they have the patients yet. I can’t remember if I told you that the thread that made the cord is vintage/antique and the threads making the filling stitches are discontinued if not now I have. The cord is made out of bedspread weight thread and the filing stitches are size 30 thread. While on vacation I showed this to my almost 96 year old grandmother she said I was crazy to make so many little knots, there are not actually knots in it just filling stitches but she calls them knots. But on the same vain it is quiet beautiful to her. She loves teasing me always says I am crazy but that the items are worth the effort.
Thease photos are oldest to newest.
While visiting my sister this was my progress
While I was at my grandmother’s home this was my progress
I worked on it more at my husbands grandfather’s house but didn’t take photos of where I am now. I have finished all the pink, green, and brown areas. I have a few cream scrolls to finish then I am done with it.
>Progress on Romanian Bolero in color
16 Aug 2010 4 Comments
in Needlelace, romanian point lace
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I decided to fill with color. I have done that some in the past but have not shown to much on here. The cord is size 10 boil-fast antique 100% cotton thread, The filling threads are size 30 some are antique, the yellow, and some are new but discontinued colors by DMC the brown, pink and green. I still want to make another one of these in this pattern maybe a few more in solid colors like all white, or all black. I am not real sure the size of this I am hoping it will fit me looks like it is real close to my size might be a tad small. I hope not. If it is I will either sell it or have my oldest daughter wear it and I will make a copy of the pattern and blow it up so I can make another in my size. I am pleased so far with the progress on this.
>Bolero Romanian Point lace pattern circa 1900
27 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
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I have been working on my storage unit the last few days. I plan to get back tot eh tutorial for heirloom sewing in the next few days. I have been working on this a little at night right before going to bed and while watching movies. It has a long way to go. I hope it fits it should but if not I guess my dress forms will be well dressed as if they aren’t already.
Originally this was supposed to be done in battenberg lace. I may make one in battenberg as well but I wanted one in Romanian point lace. I have lots of supplies from 1900 so if I made one it would be made out of the old linen tapes and such that I own. I just am not fond of the care involved in a battenberg jacket. Because Romainan cord is thicker it never needs ironing and has a personality all its own.
A pattern at this price would not happen today. This pattern is circa 1900.
UPDATE
I person in my flickr groups posted a tutorial on her blog she makes her cord different than I was taught so I do not know if hers unravels easy I will have to try her way and see.
But here is the link if you are wanting to learn to do this type of lace. Let her know I sent you take care and have fun making lace. She has step by step instructions and a video of the cord like I do
>Romanian Lace a few links
30 Jul 2009 2 Comments
in crochet, Needlelace, romanian point lace
>I noticed that I had a few hits from a specific French site this morning so I thought I would check it out. Every now and again I do that. This site has a person working through Romanian point lace. I have a tutorial how to make the cord but I don’t have one up yet what to do with the cord. She is working through her project and posting it isn’t a how to but it might show you enough for you to get it your self.
- In French
- google translation
- Alta Vista’s bable fish Bad English translation
And a few other Romanian lace links
>Romanian Lace a few links
21 Jul 2008 Leave a Comment
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For those who are interested, here are a few links:
- elena’s needle arts
- lacis museum slide show
- margit’s point lace
- refalo
- angela’s book
- sylvia’s book video and kits
- lace fairy
- buy pre made cord if you don’t crochet partway down page
- lace magazine some of their editions have this lace in them they tell what is in each one
- video tutorial
- diagram tutorial of cord (side note, I never could follow these because they don’t show the over and under hook of the cord)
- piecework magazine with a pattern and instructions on how to make a Romanian lace butterfly
- stuff on this blog about romanian lace
Lace pieces pictured are in my home; just thought you would like some eye candy, not just links.
>7 types of lace… I think only 4
19 Jul 2008 8 Comments
in bobbin lace, crochet, knitting, Needlelace, Oya, romanian point lace, tatting, teneriffe, weaving
>In the comment section on this post on this blog someone said there are 7 types of lace:
- knitting
- crochet
- weaving
- bobbin lace
- tatting
- hairpin lace
- needle lace
I think the person was confused, because a lot of these are in the same four categories. Which is my opinion. She seemed to be naming laces, of which there are way more than seven, like hundreds! Looks like she was trying to name techniques and didn’t succeed, the lace fairy has 5 techniques on her site but in looking at them, her last one is a combination of multiple other techniques so it would still break down into these four categories. Some laces can incorporate more than one of the techniques. That is why, once you learn one lace, it is easy to learn another as they may share similar techniques.
- loop lace = knitting, crochet, hairpin lace, Romanian, oya…
- knotted lace = tatting and netting, American Macramé, oya…
- woven lace = bobbin lace is a sort of weaving, battenburg and other tape laces, teneriffe….
- needle lace = Romanian, teneriffe, battenberg, oya , beading…
OK, I do:
hairpin, needle, crochet, tatting, teneriffe lace, bobbin lace, Romanian, macramé, hand loom weaving, polka spider web lace, nanduti, battenberg/battenburg lace, oya, beading etc….. the list goes on and on.
I pretty much do some in each category.
Trying to learn knitting and weaving.
What laces do you make?
>Romanian Lace cord tutorial / video
09 Jul 2008 19 Comments
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OK, so I have never made a tutorial video so this is very rough, but I hope it helps those who want to learn to make this cord, because it is easier to learn in motion than from written instructions. I had the camera on a tripod, so it goes a little in and out of focus; sorry for that. In the photos are some close ups of the cord in different colors and sizes of thread so you can see what it looks like up close. This cord is very unique in that it can unravel from either end; that is why it is very important the over and under because if you don’t do that, the cord will not unwind from both ends. I have made this cord with size 100 tatting thread up to Aunt Lydia’s rug yarn (I am not fond of the yarn size). At one time I thought I would make a rug with this technique using big rug yarn; didn’t like the project, so it got torn apart and never saw the light of day.
all the yarn overs I am going to call hook over or hook under
ho =hook over
hu= hook under
the pattern is
chain 2 skip chain closest to hook single crochet in second hook doing first Hook over and second hook under turn go through first bar on side. *ho then hu pull off turn. Now go under the two bars on side at the same time * repeat from star to star for desired length
I noticed on my husbands computer that flickr cut off the last bit of my video, so I am trying to upload straight from my computer in the hopes of the whole video being there. Not much was removed, just me explaining that I was using sugar and cream yarn and an F hook and that I usually use a 10 steel hook and size 10 thread, so it was awkward for me to use such large yarn.
size 20 thread size 12 hook
size 30 thread size 14 hook
anything smaller a size 16 hook
The last photo has two other cords in it; they do not unwind from both ends but add nice texture to your work. These are some of the cord I used on the bolero vest.
Thread head from flickr has a tutorial up on how to make the lace so I will just send you all to her for how to make the lace.
Thread heads tutorial she makes her cord different than I do so I do not know if hers unravels from both ends easily.
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