8-29-14 Okay, FREE STANDING LACE. Many of you have not tried this yet. I didn't for over three years, saying, people who stitch THAT have way too much time on their hands. Then I finally said, well, I have all these lovely designs... Ladies, if you try it once, you will be stitching FSL out at every spare moment! It is addictive. It is fun to watch stitch out. And it makes lovely gifts for Christmas, birthday, cancer patients, friends... earrings for teens (who are in general hard to gift!).

All that being said, if you get one that really doesn't stitch out well, trash the file. Some people put it out there that are just beginning to understand the concept of tying the design to itself over and over. Start with a nice tavernmaker.de design to see what I mean, and read her very thorough instructions, too, first. Have a blast.