Pag Lace

This year I decided to go to the OIDFA congress that was held in Ljubljana Slovenia.  I attended the congress as well as a pre-congress course.  The course I decided to take was Pag lace.  Granted by the time I signed up, some of the others that I had been eyeing were already closed so the decision was kind of made up for me!  The congress and the class were a lot of fun and I have no regrets about my decision to attend.  I wish I could have attended the post-congress tour, but I was already pushing the time I was able to take off from work.

This was the first workshop I attended so I have nothing to compare it to.  I do think parts of it were disorganized, but overall I think it was good and I learned a lot.  This is the medallion that we made in class.  There were a few different variations we all worked on, but most of us followed this general pattern.  One thing that I will say, is that while in this workshop, I realized that I had done a good job teaching myself needle lace from the internet!  Granted there are some minor differences in how needle laces are worked, but the basics are the same (or at least very similar).  I was wondering how I would do since my needle lace is entirely self-taught, but it ended up being all right.

There are obviously many mistakes in this little medallion.  For starters, the center should consist of triangles and not look like a flower.  Since I am definitely partial to flowers, I don't mind my variation!  I will also admit that towards the end I was hurrying to finish so that I could start my next piece on the last day of class.  I am now trying to make Pag lace on a regular basis so that I don't forget everything I learned in class.  That would be a shame!  I have a suspicion that from here on out, all my reticella lace will be made Pag-style...