Introduction to Nanduti:

 

Here is the latest on the Nanduti frame.

The pink flower is complete 1.75"

- DMC coton perle 8, Col. 818.

I removed the teal/gold motif which was

perle coton No.8.  Our next sessions are

using size 12 + I wanted to practice.

So the (lower left) partially created

circle is DMC coton perle 12, color 3823 for 

spokes and color 316 for woven petals & embellishment inbetween.  I do not have the variety of colors in size 12; however, do appreciate the lacy look using it.

After a couple rings of knots on the circle edge - I will attempt cutting away the fabric without clipping thru the fibers!  Wish me luck.

Introduction to Nanduti class - thru The Lace Museum, Virtual Education.  Dawn Lovig is the instructor.   

If you visit the Virtual Education link above - you will see a lot of new workshops & kits to sign up for.   Some are holiday.  NIce to have class without leaving home ; )

This video explains some of the motif origins and information on this lace technique:

Plus, a few books I have on hand:

 Bilingual edition.   For our sessions, we sew on the spokes and them compensate the knots & weaving based on the sizes of our circles.

 Japanese with "how-to s".   For these motifs, instructions are to start with a certain number of spokes for the patterns.  

 Nice projects, diagrams, how-to s, and the gallery of Nyanduti is stunning.

More information on the books,

Link Here to blog post.