Late to the dinner table but, since I actually have the book and am
looking at the pattern (the edging version)...
On Jan 2, 2009, at 20:37, Dona Bushong wrote:
My first question concerns the thread.
I wouldn't mix -- as you say, there's the problem of laundering and
there's the problem of aging (changing colour) differently. I'd get the
finest linen thread you can find (some vendors may have leftover 140 --
not enough to advertise in their catalogue but enough for your project.
Ask around) and enlarge the pattern to match. If that makes the pattern
too wide for your needs, it's an easy one to make narrower -- just omit
the second row of tallies and place the footside thre instead.
My second question concerns the pattern itself - the gimp actually.
The
pattern calls for 2 pair of gimp and where the "fingers" are I can see
where
each pair go. What I'm unclear of though, is the gimp around the
honeycomb.
It's *definitely* doubled and continuous. The thread which makes the
petals (fingers) and the tread which outlines the centre of the flower
on one side combine and are treated as one gimp thread for the crossing
with the (again, combined) "thread" coming from the other side of the
flower.
The combined threads then outline the honecomb hole between the
flowers, always treated as a single gimp. If you look closely at the
pattern in the book, you'll notice that those honecomb holes stand out
more (look brighter) than the rest; that's caused by the greater
thickness of the gimp. You might want to mark each pair (which will be
treated as one) with a differently coloured butterfly hair clip, so
that they don't get mixed up at the crossings.
Good luck; it's a lovely pattern, which will look good both straight
and gathered.
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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