Lace double covert

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Directions

Left Worker: Prepared 5 departed bows, place colour 1 up on ABC left, and on BC right.
Right worker: Prepared 5 departed bows, place colour 1 up on ABC right, and on BC left.
Knot a lace the thickness of 5 bows into the working bows, and keep it between the workers.

  1. LW: A right through BC right take C left unreversed
    RW: A left through BC left take C right unreversed
  2. LW: Lower left bows
    RW: Lower right bows
  3. LW: A left through BC left take C right unreversed
    RW: A right through BC right take C left unreversed
  4. LW: Lower right bows
    RW: Lower left bows
  5. LW: A right through B right from within take RW A left from within unreversed under lace
    RW: ---
  6. LW: ---
    RW: A left take LW B right from within unreversed under lace
  7. LW: Lower A right
    RW:  ---
  8. LW: Reverse A left clockwise
    RW: Reverse A right clockwise
  9. Exchange LW A left with RW A right unreversed over lace
  10. LW: Reverse A left counterclockwise
    RW: Reverse A right counterclockwise

Tollemache Transcription [14]

Lace doble couerte Tak a lace of þe grettnes of half þi bowis & set 10 bowis on owr handes as be for in þe lace couerte & þe on end of þe lace xal be knyth with þe bowis & þe oþer end be twyn þe & þi felaw & þen xal ȝe wark in þe maner of þe lace couerte & whan ȝe shal chang ȝowr handes next ȝe schal chang be nethe [ȝour] þe lace & ȝow<r> farder handes a bowe þe lace & if þe lace þat is be twyn þe & þi felaw be of on colowr þi bowis departid þen xal þu haue 3 laces euerych on with in oþer & al 3 schal be of diuerse colours & euerych on may be drawyn owt of oþer be resone

Harley 2320 Transcription [16]

FOR to make a lace couerte doble: Tak a lace of þe gretnys of halfe þy bowys, and set x bowes on ȝowre hondes as ȝe dud before in þe lace couerte; & þt one ende of þe lace schal be knyt wyth þe bowys, and þat oþer ende bytwene þe and þy felow. And þen schal ȝe wyrke in þe maner of þe lace couert; and ȝe schal change ȝowre next hondes beneþe þe lace and ȝowre ferþer hondes aboue. And þen schalt þu haue iij laces eche wythyn oþere, and eche may be draw out of other.