Update on the Stockings
It’s been awhile since I posted on the Stocking Lace. I have been playing with an almost identical pattern from Gillian Dye’s book, “Elizabethan Lace.” I am thinking of using this pattern instead of the one from the Janet Arnold book. I am still having some trouble with getting that pattern to come out just right.
I did two samples of the Gil Dye pattern. One lighter weight one with Soie 100/3 and Elizabethan Twist in Gold and Silver that I got from HedgeHog Handworks. One heavier one with Soie Perlee and #5 Passing in Silver and Gilt. I like the heavier one, as it lends more presence to the lace as it appears in the extant example.
Samples of the Gillian Dye Pattern
