Round lace with cross and eyelet

Directions

Left Worker: Place 1 bow each of colour one on ABC right. Place 1 bow each of colour two on BCD left.
Right Worker: Place 1 bow each of colour one on ABC left. Place 1 bow each of colour two on BCD right.

  1. LW: A left take B left reversed upwards
    RW: A right take B right reversed upwards
  2. LW: B left take C left reversed upwards
    RW: B right take C right reversed upwards
  3. LW: C left take D left reversed upwards
    RW: C right take D right reversed upwards
  4. LW: D left take C right reversed from above
    RW: D right take C left reversed from above
  5. LW: C right take B right reversed downwards
    RW: C left take B left reversed downwards
  6. LW: B right take A right reversed downwards
    RW: B left take A left reversed downwards
  7. LW: A right through B C right and D C B left take A left reversed from above
    RW: A left through B C left and D C B right take A right reversed from above
  8. Exchange LW A right with RW A left unreversed
  9. Exchange LW A left with RW A right unreversed
  10. Repeat Steps 1-9 8 more times (until the 3rd time all bows on each hand are the same colour)
  11. LW: A right take B right reversed upwards
    RW: A left take B left reversed upwards
  12. LW: B right take C right reversed upwards
    RW: B left take C left reversed upwards
  13. LW: C right take D right reversed upwards
    RW: C left take D left reversed upwards
  14. LW: D right take C left reversed from above
    RW: D left take C right reversed from above
  15. LW: C left take B left reversed downwards
    RW: C right take B right reversed downwards
  16. LW: B left take A left reversed downwards
    RW: B right take A right reversed downwards
  17. LW: A left through B C left and D C B right take A right reversed from above
    RW: A right through B C right and D C B left take A left reversed from above
  18. Exchange LW A right with RW A left unreversed
  19. Exchange LW A left with RW A right unreversed
  20. Repeat Steps 11-19 8 more times (until the 3rd time all bows on each hand are the same colour)

Optional: have a cord between you and change near hands beneath the cord and far hands above the cord

Tollemache Transcription [37]

A rovnd lace with a cros olyet set 12 bowis on owr handes & wark in þe maner of þe brod lace with cros oliet and whan ȝe xal chang þe bowis of owr next handes ȝe xal chang þe ouer bowis of owr farther handes & if þu wylt þat þi lace be gret tak a whypcord & knyt þe on end to þe bowis & þe oþer end be twyx þe & þi felaw & when ȝe xal chang þe bowis of owr next handes ȝe xal chang be neth þe cord & owr farþer handes a boþe þe cord & so be gyn a geyne

Harley 2320 Transcription [35]

A round lace wyþ cros and olyet: Set 12 bowes on ȝouur hondys, & wyrke yn þe same maner of þe brode lace wt cros and olyet. And when ȝe schul change ȝouur bowes of ȝouur next hondys ȝe schul change þe ouer bowes of ȝouur ferþer hondys. And yf þu wolt þat þe lace be grete take a whyp-corde and knyt þt o ende wt þy bowes and þt oþer ende bytwene þe and þy felow. And when ȝe schul chang þe bowys of ȝouur next hondys ȝe schulle change beneþe þe corde and ȝouur ferþer hondys aboue þe cordys.

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