Reticella heart
June 2, 2007 at 2:34 pm | Posted in Lace | 8 Comments
I finally finished up my latest project. This heart measures 10*10 cm. I adapted the pattern from Needle-made Laces, an old pattern book with lots of Reticella patterns. It is made from Anchor Mercer Crochet Cordonnet Nr. 80 in white, with some Cotton perlé Nr. 8 for the cordonnette. Since the perle cotton has a slightly different tone it shows through in places, so for the future I’ll use the Anchor yarn in a different size for the cordonnette, too.
I’m not sure yet what kind of project I’ll do next, but I think it will go in another direction, away from the purely geometric stuff. I’m thinking of some leaves or flowers to turn into a lace motif.
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Wow! How gorgeous!
Comment by MargB— February 24, 2009 #
This is really nice – I love the texture of it – i really want to pick it up!
Comment by Occasional Crafter— December 18, 2009 #
[…] If you want to see some nicer examples of needlelace, check out Textile Dreams, especially the reticella heart. There’s also a very nice needlelace tutorial on Textile […]
Pingback by Needle'nThread.com » Post Topic » Needle Lace Easter Egg – Free Pattern— May 3, 2010 #
Beautiful! Great job.
Comment by Catherine— October 22, 2010 #
Your workmanship is flawless! Very well done.
Comment by Lorelei Halley— September 2, 2011 #
Love it! So well done. Sigh, another type of lace I want to learn!
Comment by Brenda in Minnesota— May 28, 2012 #
Thank you! Unfortunately, needlepoint lace takes a boatload of time to do, so I don’t get enough of it done.
Comment by textiledreamer— June 10, 2012 #
[…] Reticella is one of the oldest needle-lace styles. I designed this heart myself based on historical examples. Here’s the original blog post about this one. […]
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