Good morning Karen and everyone else. I've been watching this and have finally decided to jump in. Karen, attached is a photo/diagram. Starting at #1 you make the piece of lace. You finish at #2. (ha ha... can you tell I do a lot of Tonder? footside on the left) You over lap the two ends to match up exactly. You then basically whip stitch both layers together doing three whip stitches on EVERY pair of the top and bottom layer, moving from the footside to the head side and then back to the foot side. This way you have a good place to hide those ends of your whipping thread. This is a firm enough connection (not sure how well it holds up to lots of washing?) Then you cut off the loose ends of lace. If you physically put your hands together in front of you.... lay your wrists back to back (palms facing up and down) the wrist area is what you are sewing together. Once it's sewn you cut off the hands. However, before you start the whole process you must decide where you are going to do that join. Start above that join (this doesn't have to be pretty as you are going to cut it off) and the 'rule' is to do one repeat above and one repeat below the join. (see lassen 2) I have always used the finest thread I can get my hands on because I want the join to be as close to invisible as possible. Doing three wraps around each pair thickens up the area so the finer the better in my mind. Another thing to consider is areas that are easier to do that join in. Avoid half stitch areas like the plague. Linen is not much better. Ground is the best and around or along a gimp line is also good. I really do like this technique although it is not (as far as I know) attached to a particular type of lace. I would also suggest that you try it with a thinner piece of torchon lace first to get the hang of it. Flanders lends itself to this and I have had much success with it there. Does this make sense or just muddy the water further? Good luck! bobbi ======= What I am still trying to understand, though, is that once the extra piece of lace is cut away, what is there to keep it looking neat over time (i.e. not have a frayed edge)?
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