I've got Marianne Kinsel's Rose of England Tea cloth on the needles. Knitted lace is my lace of choice. I'm 129 rows of 152 rows down, but I just agreed to doing lace for a wedding hankie for the last week of August.
So what I'm /really/ doing is swatching up edging patterns and trying to find one that I like and speaks to be before I do 50 some odd inches of it. And wondering if my barely beginner torchon skills are up to the challenge. Heather in SW Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:24 PM Subject: [lace] informal survey > Hello everyone > I hope everyone has a wonderful time on their lace travels - it seems > quite a number of arachnes are 'abroad' or doing so sometime this season. > Send reports! I know you will. Meanwhile, for those of us at-home, I think > it is time for another informal survey. This one is: > > What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you > have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects > you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? > > ok - I'll begin - last night I borrowed DH's new hobby magnifiers (the > plastic hat-band style) and joyfully (because I could see to do so) put > pins in the Spring picture from Further Steps in Honiton Lace. That > project 'for now' has brevity - it will joins its sister pillows in > storage, waiting for ambition, 'round tuits, and other necessary willful > ingredients. > > What I am really doing 'now' is the butterfly from 75 Quick and Easies, in > Valdani variegated thread, colour 'deep waters' - it is working up lovely, > esp. with the two gold threads that ended up begin paired with variegated > (when I hung on the loops to start, I forgot I had an uneven number - but > I rather like the effect of the gold more intermingled with the > variegated). I lucked into a sale of the Valdani, which might have > numbered days - I had bought it from aquilt shop, but they told me they > won't stock it again because of slubs. Yes, it has slubs - but otherwise > is a lovely thread to work with. I can see that the slubbing would cause > problems for machine embroidery/quilting. > > Do, please, respond to the survey. I might compile something eventually, > or not <g - it is informal> > -- > > bye for now > Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) > > - > 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]
