Finished First Handkerchief

I finally finished the my first handkerchief. The insert is a fairly simple reticella pattern, with a bobbin lace border. The lace is plaited from a pattern in "Gekloppelte Reticella" by Brigitte Bellon. I am not totally happy with the tension of the plait, but this was my first time trying it. I am also not completely happy with the pattern of the reticella in the insert. Somehow it looks unsymetrical to me though it isn't. Those are my main issues with this piece. It gives me something to try to fix in the next one. At the moment I do not have another handkerchief in mind, but I have started a lace cap. I do plan on doing some more lace handkerchiefs for the A&S 50 challenge.

In other news, I went to an Athena's Thimble collegium last weekend. I took a class on pulled thread work. It was exactly what I needed to start looking at a project I have had on the back burner for a while. It is a Ottoman scarf with designs on the ends. The designs have elements of pulled thread which I was not sure how to make. Now I have a better idea, and I have started charting the pattern. It really is not too difficult a piece. It has satin stitch, double running stitch, pattern darning, pulled thread, and some fairly simple reticella. While all these are fairly easy by themselves, the tricky part will be getting them all to work together. Anyway I am excited about it.

Here is a sample of the pulled thread that I did in the class.

I think this pattern will be just about right for the scarf.

The only other thing I am working on diligently at the moment are some scrolls for the king and Queen's archery champions event. I decided to do black scrolls this time. It is the first time I have tried then, but I think they are coming out fine. They may not be especially powerful from a distance, but up close they will be nice.