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Today I published my new website: http://www.lynxlace.com
It has 900+ photos: bobbin lace old and new, needle lace antique and by living lace makers designers, filet lacis, tenerife. I have also added more installments to my pulled thread tutorial. Parts are still under construction. : ) / \ / \ (That's me doing my happy dance.)

BOOKMARK 2
To work this bookmark you will need another part which is in the stitchinfingers site: photo 2 in my album "Pulled Thread Bookmarks". The jpg file below is the pattern. Some common stitches like chain stitch and buttonhole stitch are not described because diagrams are readily found in books and other internet locations.

http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/albums/pulled-thread-bookmarks

Each of these bookmarks took me about one day to make, so they are good for trying out some pull… Continue

To work this bookmark you will need several parts which are all in the stitchinfingers site: photo 1 in my album "Pulled Thread Bookmarks", my blog posts (on my profile page) Pulled thread tutorials 1, 2, 5. The jpg file below is the pattern. It should be possible to print the relevant parts. Some common stitches like chain stitch and buttonhole stitch are not described because diagrams are readily found in books and other internet locations.

http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/albums/pulled-… Continue

Pulled Thread Beginner's piece #2 uses stitches which appear in rows 2 and 4 of the yellow sampler: ringed back stitch and 4 sided stitch. However in this piece the 4 sided stitch is worked over 3 threads instead of 4, but you can still use the diagram for row 2 of the yellow sampler. The ringed back stitch will use the same stitch diagram as in the yellow sampler.

One difference in this piece is that since all the stitches are worked over 3 threads (an uneven number) the exact center of the pi… Continue

This little square piece uses only the easiest pulled thread stitches and is quick to make. I used linen which is about 21 threads per inch, and DMC Cebelia #30 for the stitching. The finished piece is 4 7/8" x 5 1/8". It was supposed to be square--the myth of evenweave.

In the diagram below each square on the graph paper represents 2 threads by 2 threads.

The red stitches are wave stitch.
The yellow-orange stitches are 4 sided stitch worked over 4 threads.
The purple stitches are 3 pulled sat… Continue