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Golden egg
Flanders
Cloth stitch spiral
Whole stitch and twist spiral
Silver rings
Goldenes Ei
Flandrisches Ei
Leinenschlagspirale
Ganzschlagspirale

The golden egg is worked as a  spiral band from one pole to the other.


10 pairs Madeira Metallic 40
6 cm styrofoam egg

The Flanders egg is worked in segments - each segment with a  different Flanders ground.


21 pairs Egyptian cotton 70/2
1 pair gimp DMC 20
6 cm styrofoam egg

The six passive pairs in the cloth stitch spiral band are pale yellow, just the workers are multicoloured.


7 pairs Venne cotton 40/2
6 cm styrofoam egg

Here the spiral in whole stitch and twist is worked in one colour but with a gold pair along the edge of the spiral band.

10 pairs Amann Dominator
1 pair Madeira Metallic 40
6 cm styrofoam egg

The egg with silver rings has a silver ribbon which runs like a gimp through the middle of each lace ring.

3 pairs stainless steel wire
    0.125 mm
1 bobbin 6 mm silver ribbon
6 cm styrofoam egg
Zigzag Copper
Random ground
Rings
Labyrinth
Zickzack
Kupfernes Ei
Wildes Ei
Perlgarn Ei Labyrinth
The zigzag egg was worked in zigzag "rounds", the pairs being tied out at the end of each round.


4 pairs Venne Colcoton in green
4 pairs Venne Colcoton in yellow
6 cm styrofoam egg
The copper egg is worked as a spiral band. Spiral eggs can be readily varied by changing the thread or the ground.

10 pairs Madeira Metallic 40
6 cm styrofoam egg
The egg in random ground is yet another member of the spiral egg family.


10 pairs Madeira Metallic 40
6 cm styrofoam egg

These rings have passive pairs in pearl cotton, which are tied out at the end of each ring, whereas the workers in sewing thread work down the whole egg.
3 pairs pearl cotton 8
2 pairs sewing thread
6 cm styrofoam egg
In this egg the multicoloured cloth stitch braid follows a labyrinthine path.


7 pairs Amann Dominator
6 cm styrofoam egg

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And for bobbin lace eggs there are also bobbin lace eggcups!



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