Jo's Kantelier - Overlapped sewing of Flanders Lace

Disadvantages when compared to knotting.

Twice the number of ends.

Advantages

No backside or frontside.
Starting mistakes are no problem. Double a little more and cut away the start.
You don't need to wind your bobbins in pairs. So you can continue many projects with once fully wound bobbins.

Explanation of the overlapped sewing method in some books

Flanders Lace, a step-by-step guide, by Mary Niven (only Flanders)
Het lassen en aannaaien van kant, by Louise Allis-Viddeleer (any type of lace)
The Beginning of the End, by Ulrike Löhr (general, no specific attention for Flanders)

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It took almost a year between lacing and sewing. The lace could easily distort in such a period. So I did pull the pins from the pillow, but not from the pricking.	(22kb)
For cutting I only left pins along the sides of the lower layer. Soft pulling then easy shows what to cut.	(27kb)
The result of my very first attempt. I just didn't have a thinner thread of the same colour.	(64kb)