Okay Alice! Since the list is so quiet, I'm going to ask you to tell us about your new pillow! I love vicarious thrills!!
And also - tell me about Peniche lace - is it a Spanish lace? Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "alice howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace precursers > At 09:45 AM 8/4/2003 +1000, you wrote: > >It is quite possible for anyone to learn any lace without learning other > >laces first. > > > > This is also my opinion. However, I must say that sometimes having previous > experience with other laces may make the learning curve a bit easier on > some of the more difficult laces. > > I took a workshop on Binche several years ago, and still have never done > Flanders. I must admit that my teacher frowned at me when I admitted to this, > but I did OK with Binche. The teacher had to show me the Flanders stitch > since I didn't know it, but otherwise I could follow her instructions. > > Now I must admit to working some snowflakes on my own ahead of the class, > just to be sure that I could do them correctly. Four colors of thread > were used so the thread paths could be tracked better. If the colors went > out of sequence, then I goofed somewhere and had to re-do it. Thus I had > no fear of 4-pair ground stitches when I started a Binche pattern. > > Someone once told me that the Flanders knowledge was to give experience in > 4-pair stitches before doing Binche. I can see where the ring pair and > worker switching techniques would also help with confidence in a new venture. > > I recommend having some removable arrows (from an office supply store) to > mark the location of the work on the diagram---use several, in fact. I didn't > want to write on my only copy of the diagram and cobbled some markers using > scotch tape which I changed to arrows as soon as I got home. > > We have the good fortune and privilege of having many lace types available > to us. > > Now, since I just got a new lace pillow in the mail, I think I'll initiate > it with a pattern of Peniche Lace. > > Happy lacing, > > Alice in Oregon - July had no rain. Hoping for a shower soon. > Oregon Country Lacemakers > Arachne Secret Pal Administrator > Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
