Today’s tutorial is one for the Teneriffe lace fans! Lesson two of my ongoing series introduces some new styles of weaving, and how to add a second colour to your motif.
Check out Teneriffe Lace Lesson Two.
Today’s new tutorial teaches a simple technique on sewing teneriffe lace motifs together. You can use this technique to sew any sized mat, from a small doily like the one in the photo, all the way up to a full size tablecloth or bed cover.
Joining Teneriffe Lace Motifs.
Housekeeping
After redesigning the website earlier this year (and upgrading the server again), I lost the list of instructions that automatically sent the old links from Ravelry to the correct page. I made a general one that sent everyone to the knitting page, thinking that was sufficient, but unfortunately I just made a large number of visitors think the pattern they were looking for didn’t exist any more. (Yikes).
Because I can’t use Ravelry for more than a few minutes at a time (it still gives me migraines), the awesome Sooper Editors over on Ravelry are currently sorting them all out. It will take a while because there are 600 links to check, but I’m very grateful they were willing to take on the challenge. There’s no way I could have done it.
I hope you’re enjoying the teneriffe lace tutorials. I have many more teneriffe lace, and plush template embroidery (aka Amish stumpwork) tutorials to come, and hundreds more knitted lace edging patterns! Here’s to another 30 years(-ish)!
I’ve started a new “how to” series on making Teneriffe Lace. Beginning with the absolute basics, each lesson will build on your skills until you can make any lace you can think of!
Teneriffe lace has been one of my favourite techniques for many years, and I’ve done an enormous amount of technique research and experimentation that I’d like to share with everyone.
Lesson one covers the absolute basics, from tools (including how to make a very simple cushion), to winding and knotting your very first motif. If you’ve ever been interested in trying Teneriffe Lace, this is your chance to give it a go!
I hope you enjoy Teneriffe Lace Lesson Number 1.
Hello! It’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted, but I finally have something new to show you!
Over the past couple of years I’ve been gathering up all of my embroidery and teneriffe lace samplers, samples and any bits and pieces I like and making them all into fabric books so I can look at them without risking damage.
I’ve made seven so far, and made a flip-through video of them all to share with you! I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them!
After using them to make lots of lacy bits and stalking the blogs of people who make them, I have updated the instructions for making a teneriffe lace pad (cushion or pillow).
The updates are basically this:
- Stuff the inner pad until you can’t stuff it any more and then stuff it some more anyway.
- If you like to change templates a lot, cut them smaller and use the pins in your design to hold them in place instead of sewing them on.
I like to sew on a favourite template on one side, and leave the other free for using any others.
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for this week’s free knitting pattern. It’s a good one!