How it Started v How it's Going

Welcome to my Highly Ambitious Project!

I had this crazy idea that I wanted to make an entire garment out of bobbin lace. A funky torchon vest to wear over my dark turtlenecks in the winter or throw on at the beach in the summer. Let me take you on the journey: (each point is a picture)

• I drew out a design that would involve sewing together strips of lace 5cm wide to make the simplest of vest shapes.

• I made a mock-up out of newapaper to see if the concept would work.

• I designed strips of torchon, on dotted grid paper that I printed in several sizes and experimented with to find the right size for my thread.

• I wound obscene amounts of thread onto the most pairs of bobbins I've worked with so far, took a deep breath, hung my bobbins, and began.

• My pattern worked! With minimal trial and error

• I bobbin laced away, watching that strip grow and grow, for hours and hours

• I got to the length I wanted, panicked a little bit, figured out how to end it, and .... cut the threads!!

AND NOW,

• I have actually completed the first strip of lace to complete this project!

It is 50cm long and 5cm wide, with a knot and tassle at the bottom that brings the total length to 65cm.

Now all I have to do is make ... checks notes at least 11 more