Dear Jane and Arachnes all, To add to Lynne's post, as she's prompted me to reply. Thanks for the kind compliments. The Beds cuff represents the summit of my achievement in Beds having been finished at Easter. (I then went on a weekend course with Barbara Underwood - I still have a lot to learn!) The pattern is from Margaret Turner's book and the thread Finca 60 from Biggins. I was going to do Christine's Springett's Wisteria pattern in this and having wound a lot of bobbins decided it was just a bit too thick, and I didn't like the way the pattern was going so cut it off. So a preponderance of prewound bobbins in blue 60 hence "using it up" blue patterns.
The dragonfly is a bit of a fiddle really. I blew up a pricking from Elsie Luxton's Technique of Honiton. I tweaked the wings to make a trail all the way round the wings. There were dots in the wings to indicate different sections - I used those to guide the plait paths for the veins and added a leaf for the pterostigma. I like the LH wing but the RH needs an extra vein crossing the top vein. The legs were broadened from 10 stick to a simple 3 pair trail tied off at the free end. The eyes and antennae were 10stick with 3 or 4 pairs - I can't remember. I worked the body from the abdomen tip and the circle of the thorax was worked in the round hanging off pairs for the wing trails, sewing out at the bottom. I can't remember if the wings were worked concurrently with the circle and brought back in for the next trail or sewn out. The filling for the lower wings is simply 2/3 pairs sewn in at the top crossing with cloth and two twists and sewing in alternate pinholes. I like the wings and the abdomen but not so sure about the head/thorax. Version 2 when I get round to it will have a more oval shape with raised & rolled tallies for eyes. Much better than Edna Sutton's grasshopper (ahem) bumble bee turned out though. The butterfly stole was Clare Burkhardt's pattern shrunk to 65% and I used Texere's Regency Silk (about a cotton 30). Lovely to work with! It's been on my Lace day pillow for about 3 years (there's a photo of it in progress in Lynne's 2007 album) 3 strips, one without the side bars of wiggly worker, 66 blessed butterflies in blue, pink, gold, red and purple. Got my colour order wrong starting strip3 upside down and had to unpin 2 and a half repeats to make sure no two were the same in any row. I'll probably have it to show off at Fenland's English Country Garden display at the November Supplier's Fair in St Ives. Louise, in a muggy thundery Cambridge, whose battles with Office 2007 are ongoing and bloody. Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 14:58:37 +0100 From: "Lynne Cumming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [lace-chat] RE:Lace demo photos Thanks for all the kind comments. The Beds was all made by Louise (in the black top with the Beds collar) from Cambridge who is also on Arachne - that's how we met! Any queries on that I hope she will reply to! She also made the Butterfly stole at the back - a stunning piece of work which she was glad to finish. It's better in real life! We did pin some of the lace down to stop it falling off the table but have never had anything 'disappear' in all the years we've been doing this. People do not usually touch - just drool! There are always several of us in attendance. I did invite one lady to actually touch my lace to feel how crisp it is. The year I was most concerned was when we had heavy rain and they brought the flame thrower inside to demonstrate. There were big black smuts floating all over the place! It's great being able to share the day with everyone. I hope all our 'have a goers' have a look too. I asked all the parents for permission to put their children's photos on the web. It's a sad world these days. Lynne Baldock, North Herts, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
