On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:49:17 +1000, Noelene wrote: >At a Canberra craft fair last week, I purchased a couple of >hanks of a variegated yarn 60% cotton, 40% viscose in >wonderful colours. It's called Vittoria, from Filatura di >Crosa in Italy, each hank has about 1,400 metres, and >the thread thickness is about equivalent to Bockens 40/2 >(22 wpc). It has a lovely silky look to it. > >I'd like to make a deep Torchon edge around a square of >linen. Question is, what sort of patterns best suit variegated >yarn? Cloth stitch or half stitch diamonds/trails? Big or >little spiders? I would think it would have to be very >simple, a "busy" pattern would be lost in variegated. > >Anyone got any experience in this?
The piece I made with variegated thread that I think showed the thread off to best advantage was a hairpin crochet hanky edging. The loops in hairpin change following the thread colour changes, as there is only one thread. The best use I ever made of variegation in bobbin lace was as you suggest a fairly simple pattern, a bookmark from Barbara Underwood's 20 Lessons in Bedfordshire Lace, containing leaves and half stitch buds. It is (I think) the first bookmark pattern in the book. -- Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favours. Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm> Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
