Honiton lace originated in Devon, UK. It belongs to the family of discontinuous laces, where the lace is made in sections which are joined to one another as they are worked, the bobbins are cut off the work and rehung in to start the next section.
Jacqui gave me this brooch several years ago. The spider is the sign of the lacemaker's email list, arachne, so she has an @ sign in his tummy. The pricking was in issue 88 (October 1997) of Lace, the journal of the UK Lace Guild.
The pricking shown here is much larger than actual size - the original is too small to be transmitted accurately. Save the pricking image and then resize it in a graphics program or using a photocopier so that the distance between points 9 and 11 on the pricking is 2cm (0.75 inches) and the distance between points 6 and 12 is 2.6 cm (1 and 1/32 inches).
Worked in size 120 cotton.
1. Start with a ring of rib - 4 pairs.
2 and 3. Rib of 4 pairs - sew into 1.
4, 5, 6 & 7. Rib of 4 pairs - sew into 1.
8. Rib of 5 pairs; sew where ribs touch **
9, 10, 11 & 12. Rib of 5 pairs; sew into @
See more of Jacqui's lace and handpainted bobbins for sale.
More Honiton lace at Allhallows Museum page.
History and information about this style of lace at the Honiton Lace shop page.
Honiton lace by another friend, Christine England, on her page.