#also if anyone has gimp help sources thatd be great i can only find a few for some reason

[thebewilderer]

I'm almost finished* with my current project!

*read: almost out of thread on the bobbins because I don't have a plan for the lace and thus don't have a planned stopping point for length

(pattern is a modified-by-me version of this Framed Rose Ground)

And I'm super excited to start the next one!

(pattern is this Roman Maze)

It's probably way too advanced for my skill level, as I really haven't made many pieces before (the pattern in the first picture twice, a bookmark piece with spiders and Torchon ground, a bookmark with Torchon ground and one diamond of cloth stitch, and then another bookmark piece of just Torchon ground).

I've also never done a mat of any sort before, or worked with gimps at all, which this pattern has a frankly ridiculous amount of.

But I've learned that doing pieces I'm already capable of is incredibly boring for me. The first piece that I did was just Torchon ground with twisted footside, and it was so boring and unchallenging (and also looked like I could crochet it in minutes) that I almost gave up lace making as soon as I started.

So I've figured that the best way to keep my own interest is to jump headfirst into the deep end and flounder until I figure out how to swim!

That said, if anyone has any advice on gimps (do you really not secure them to the rest of the lace? do you really just rely on the surrounding twists to hold them in place??! that seems insanely tenuous!), it's more than welcome!

#bobbin lace #lace making #im SO serious about gimp help btw im so nervous about them not being secure #which is probably why i shouldnt start with a mat that has a thousand million billion of them but cest la vie #im thinking about doing a double gimp and winding it around the starting twist? just to assuage my nervousness about it coming unwound #also if anyone has gimp help sources thatd be great i can only find a few for some reason #and the few are definitely geared towards people who already know what they're doing and not complete noobs #but if not that's fine i'm sure i'll figure it out :-) #ih #rose crafts #pers