>>1956224Here is a step-by-step progression, basically.
The top was the first step, the bottom is the last. These ALL were wheer the final step resides - I just lifted them so you can see the madness to the method.
* I make the line (represented here by a stroke, becasuse I was too lazy, and it is in red.
* Then refine the basic shape, and then copy that line, paste it in place, shorten one of the lines to be the inside, then I join them together.
* I then make node pairs of all the laces where changes will happen (the little frilly bumps) and then I start aligning them with the actual locations on the image
*Finally, I adjust the line to the desired thickness.
The above steps took me longer than I usually make them, simply because the steps had to be cloned and color-changed. Even then, this took me only about ten minutes to do, because I had to THINK about the steps, instead of actually just doing it.