I've been working on a one-shuttle edging by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardière. I even made a video about it. Although it's absolutely fine and lovely in its original version, there were a couple of little things that I felt could be improved on so I decided to make tiny adjustments. Really minimal!
If you look on the left, the two rings at the bottom of the edging end up being a bit on top of each other even when I try to make the joining picot a bit longer. So I decided to add a picot to join them on the side instead of at the top. I also added two stitches to the ring shown by an arrow to space things out a bit as I felt the edging was little bit "congested".
So here's what it looks like with those small mods:
So then I decided I needed to figure out a corner for it as I thought it would make a lovely handkerchief edging.
I tried different options, joining and chopping on my little sample.
Yes, this one seems to work out well!
Here's the handkerchief I'll use.
It will be a gift for mother-in-law.
I'm struggling to find nice ladies' handkerchieves nowadays.
This one was in my stash but I can't find any shops that stock them.
Maybe nobody buys them anymore...
Best wishes,
Frivole
Nicely done. I like your version of the edging.
ReplyDeletethank you!
DeleteVery nice edging. Thank you in advance for sharing it in a video.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, and thank you!
DeleteIt’s an interesting edging and your adaptations do enhance it, make it less cluttered. It’s going to be a lovely gift.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jane! :-)
DeleteYour modifications do make the edging less cluttered - much nicer visual effect than the original version. It will be a lovely handkerchief. I'm sure your mother-in-law will appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteStephanieW
Thank you very much Stephanie! :-)
DeleteBeautiful edging!
ReplyDeleteThank you Marja! :-)
DeleteEine wunderschöne Kante für ein feines Deckchen
ReplyDeleteVielen dank Johanna! :-)
DeleteBeautiful edging. Edingburgh Wool sells hankys, in packets of three, I brought some just a couple of months ago
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret, I'll go check out Edinburgh (did you mean Mills?)
DeleteThank you for this patter. Your work is, as always, wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you! :-)
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