After researching old lace patterns, we began to see how well those patterns  work with contemporary fibers which are easy to care for.  Most of the designs shown here have been knitted with linen which is traditional at the altar.  They could have been created with less expensive fibers, but using the finest fibers coupled with fine workmanship presents them as an act of worship.

The motif shown above (flower buds with sacred monogram) was part of a sampler

knitted with Louet's Euroflax as a stitch gauge preliminary to design of an altar super frontal.  The completed super frontal  is as follows:

Starting from the center of the altar the sacred monogram is hedged on either side by

a panel of lace flowerbuds.  The end panels represent spiky wild flowers such as the

Obedient Plant or Foamflower which flourish in the State of Georgia.  The frontlet

is bordered across the bottom with a leaf pattern.  The yarn, spun in Italy, is a

contemporary blend of rayon, linen, silk and nylon.  Created by Pat Ford in the

year of our Lord, MMVIIII.

The designer, Pat Ford, has been an expert knitter for quite a few years, beginning in

Minnesota where she won numerous awards in knitting and needlepoint at the Minnesota State Fair.  After a move to Brunswick, GA where she created the bead shop, The Beaded Lizard, she became proficient in bead embroidery and presently designs with seed beads, continuing fiber design as well.  She chaired The Golden Isles Fiber Arts

Guild for two years.

Liturgical design entered the picture after she was introduced to Altar Guild duty at

The Episcopal Church of St. Mark in Brunswick.  She was also a Lay Reader at that same parish.