If I make up a particular "grid" to fit the shape that I want to get in the finished piece, does it still count as a grid? You do need some arrangement of dots to put pins in even in the free laces, right?
I just made a Torchon piece on a grid that was initially a square and now is shaped something like if you made each side bend inward like a ")". It also accidentally ended up with a circle with four roses in it in the middle, which was nothing like a circle in the original square piece. Lots of fun. Then I added four tape "arms" (each of a different type of tape, since I don't know which looks best), and have a star! <g>. Designing is such fun! I sure hope I'm not accidentally redesigning something someone already came up with... Weronika On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:19:27PM -0700, Patricia Dowden wrote: > Hi Weronika, > > Torchon is a very grid based lace. Normally it is worked on a grid of 45 degrees, > meaning that the dots are in a square tipped on a point, in other words an equal > sided diamond. > > . . . . . . . > . . . . . . > . . . . . . . > > A usual component, fans, alter this by putting the pins on the edge in an arc rather > than a point. > > There have been some very successful and interesting Torchon designs on a hexagonal > grid (called toungue-in-cheek "Distorchon" and, unexpectedly, a logarithmic grid). > > The more you ignore the rules of Torchon construction, the further you go towards a > lace that is something else. A matter of degree becoming a difference in kind. > > As for the matter of "Free Laces", I have never been able to define them for myself > in a satisfying way. Someone else will have to pick up that thread. > > Patty > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Weronika Patena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:02 PM > To: Karolina Jeffers > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [lace] Re: lFantasy Flowers > > > Hi, > > I have nothing to say on the similar flowers, since I haven't seen > either book, but one of the emails made me wonder about something else: > > > that we should respect the fact. I am quite sceptical at the suggestion that > > two people design the same piece, maybe in Torchon but not in Free lace. > > Is Torchon really always designed on a square grid? Or any grid? And > why? If it was designed without a grid, would it be a free lace too? > > Weronika > > - > 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] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
