In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lynn Weasenforth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > I can't get the roseground to >work, can anyone help me.
I haven't got Doris Southard's book, but in principle you work the top two corners first, these do not have pins. Then you work the four pin holes, top, two sides, bottom. Then to finish, the two bottom corners - again, no pins. The order of working is thus: a, b, 1, 2, 3, 4, c, d. a 1 b 2 3 c 4 d where a, b, c and d do not have pins, 1 2 3 and 4 do. The most frequent roseground I've come across has a cloth and twist at the corners and half stitch, pin, half stitch for the pinned stitches. (But you can combine any stitches - eg half stitch at the corners, Dieppe ground stitch at the pins, or even half stitch at the corners, then work a half stitch diamond at the pins - there are many variations.) If you have a bottom corner that is also top corner to the next square, you do not do a second corner stitch. I also find it helpful, as well as marking the diamond (the usual pattern marking for roseground), to mark in crosses at the corners, as these show which pin holes in the surrounding area your threads are coming from and going to - the cross-over is where the pin-less stitch sits. So it is marked: + . + ./ \. \ / + . + (I'm sure you can square that up, and extend the lines of the + to reach the relevant pinholes - it is easier to draw than type!) Note also that alternate squares are empty, so you do have big gaps between (my students always ask if that is correct!) - the roseground squares form a checkerboard effect. Remember that you have two pairs coming to a pin, and two pairs going out from it - you cannot have two coming in and three or four going out! (Obvious, but occasionally a trip up point!). Also, you cannot work roseground and turn a corner on the same line - you need two lines of roseground, one before the turn and the other after. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
