In preparation of creating my own edging designs I have been experimenting with old designs I found from books. I have done trials of several patterns to test the patterns and to see how the documentation works for ease of reading & understanding. I have used very thick thread for this – I find any problems with a pattern become very obvious when thick thread is used. But the results don’t look very appealing, so the trails here are kinda ugly.
This is the magazine with patterns I’ve tried here. I think it is in Italian, which I don’t read, so I have guessed stitch counts by looking at the patterns.
This pattern has a well thought-out corner, so I found it appealing.
The pattern turned out to be easy to follow, and I like the look of the corner.
This pattern looks familiar – I’ve seen the 3 ring combinations used for edgings before, but this is the first pattern with a good corner that I’ve seen.
And the pattern does a good job on the corner. In my trial of the pattern it is obvious that I need to change the stitch count on the chains to make the corner 90 degrees – I just guessed what it should be – but the pattern is appealing. This is giving me ideas for how I could alter it for my own work! Just what I was looking for!
Knot Shire Notebook 