Dear Gina, due to the mixture of our members, the british bobbin lace tradition sometimes dominates. Which means: there is Torchon, than Beds or Bucks as continuos thread lace, a little milanese, and of course Honiton.
a word from good old europe: a quite natural step after Torchon is to jump into Flanders, and so open yourselve the world of the beauty of Valenciennes, Binche, Mechlin.. A treasure of historical patterns as well as modern ones are published to choose from. Too, there are good books on beginning Flanders, the step from Torchon is not too big a step, but the gain is great. That is not spoken against Beds, or Bucks (although there are a lot more traditions in PG than Bucks alone, but once managed one, you can deal with them all)! I confess that I play with all kinds of lace (and not BL alone, and not lace alone). Hello, Tamara, that's why I always have more than one (more than four, as an average)pillows in use, although I'm neither octopus nor spider: Lace (and other needlework) is may refuge, mny joy in peaceful evening hours, and I only work on what I'm in a mood for and what my actual time and concentration are fit for.. Sometimes this is a small piece just to try a technique, with some leftover thread, on another pillow waits the Loehr practising butterfly till in some undisturbed hour I'll start the second wing. I have one or two bigger pieces in progress, with a certain use in mind they are meant for. And on a travel pillow something to pass hours of leisure during a journey. I need them all, and value them all. And while I thought, as a novel lacemaker abouit five years ago, that I'd have to become 200 years to do just half of the lace I'd like to, I realized that the list rearranging while making lace - and always growing. Enjoy your lacemaking - today. Next generations may choose themselves what to worship! Eva, from Germany, where the wether is just right for making lace: wet, grey, cold, unfriendly outside. Tea, music or audio book from CD, and my pillow.. (instead, I have to work :-( ) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
