Let’s see. This is one of the most important pieces. Before they used to make the Tulle on which the Brughes pieces were embroidered to. But, for a little more than a century it has been worked in a mechanic tulle.

It is an important lace, Brussels lace or needle lace because the lacemakers make small pieces that are mounted on the tulle. They embroider stitches of 1 centimeter in length from the motif to the tulle, and it’s difficult to see where they are sewn. These centimeters correspond to 12 hours of work. This is why it’s an important and very expensive lace.

Part 3.

All you need to do to make the bottom part of the spider is to follow the same steps as for the top part.

Pull down all the bobbins of the “milano” or spider and proceed with the “path”

TCTC with the pair on the left, leave bobbins on the left side to complete the “torchón”
Then, take leg #4 and do a twist on the pair of the right (corner of fan). Because each spider leg has 3 Twists, do a cloth stitch with the pair on the right (from the fan or “Plumilla”) and combine the legs with the stitches on the right.

Do TCTC with the bobbins on the fan:

3T 2T

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We need to start to work on the fan again.

The lacemaker says: “Now, we take out some pins little by little and this is an image of the work”.

Part 2.

The sider is a little more complex, she says:

Make 3 twists with each pair (there are 6 pairs in all, 3 on the right and 3 on the left.

1,2,3, twists to each leg.

Then, to make the spider:

First you have to make the first half or the top part of the spider.

CTC pairs 4-1

CTC pairs 5-2

CTC pairs 6-3

After you do this, put some tension on the bobbins (press down) so the legs of the spider get straight. Place a Pin.

To work the fan (the design with which she begins video #1

4 twists to the right or last pair of bobbins

3 twists on the pair of bobbins immediately to its left

Do CTC (cloth stitch) with last pairs and place a pin

close pin with tctc.

To return from right to left, do 4 twists to the right or last pair and 3 twists on the pair to its left.

Do CTC with these two pairs, and repeat steps of 4 twists and 3 twists with the next pair immediately to its left. This is: 3T, 3T, 4T

Finish this row by twisting 2x the pair on the left which comes from the “path” and do another ctc with this pair.

Now, place a pin, and close this stitch with TCTC.

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To make the “path” to the left of the fan or “plumilla”.

She does it in Cloth Stitch (CTC).

Then the last part on the edge to the left is called the headside of lace. It’s called “Torchón” in spanish. It’s made by doing TTC pin TC or whole stitch.

She is working from top to the bottom diagonally.

She is taking the lace to the corner so that she can start to work on the “milano” or spider (araña in spanish). She completed the part of the torchón and the edge.

All three methods shown in this video can work for everyone. The most difficult seems to be the third one, but you could try it with a pin to finish threading the bobbin or if the thread comes loose while you are making lace. I like the clarity of the video.