> > Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:21:24 +1000 > From: "Jacqueline Bowhey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [lace] Floral torchon questions > > Greetings and Happy New Year to All, > > 1.In floral torchon, other than using linen thread and thick silk gimp > threads is there anything to differentiate floral torchon from regular > torchon? > > 2. Are there any floral torchon patterns other than G. Stott's? > > TIA > Jackie in breezy Brisbane
Hello Jackie and all, 1. To clarify the "Floral Torchon". Geraldine Stott came up with an idea to include more flowing/defined floral features into a lace being drafted on a 45 degree grid. The diferrence in designing of the floral Torchon lace is that the floral design is being drawn free hand first and the 45 degree grid is applied afterwoods and is adapted to work with the floral feature. This is how the Floral Point ground laces are designed. When designing the Torchon Lace, the designer follows the 45 degree grid to include the main features as well as the ground at the same time. Geraldine uses thick gimps so the features stand out using Pipers silk, but one can use any thread as long as it is thick. Further when working her floral Torchon designs one has to know how to work Point ground laces particularly when working around the floral feature. Geraldine most likely got the idea from designing the Floral Bucks lace but wanting to make it simpler created more interesting and challenging Torchon patterns. Geraldine named her newly crated patterns Floral Torchon Lace following in line of the Floral Bucks lace. 2. There are similar patterns in De techniek van de kloskant Stropkant deel I and deel II - translated Technique of bobbine lace - Torchon - volume I and volume II by MJ Geers-Vermeulen published by the Kantcentrum VZW - Brugge. However they do not use the thick gimp around the main features, but I think that if one included the gimps the lace would look fantastic. Another author is Eeva Lisa Kortelahti whose patterns are challenging and could be classed floral (Torchon?). Hope this helps Karolina Jeffers from sunny Melbourne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
