The recent posts about Flanders sounded interesting. I only know Bucks Point so I know nothing about adding two pairs at a time to clothwork. What is the name of a book I can get that will teach me Flanders or a similar lace? In English or at worst multi-lingual with English one of the languages.
Right now I am working on Rita Thierpondt's "Mechlin I" packet. I thought Mechlin was in the Flanders family, but so far the ground has only used 2 pairs--Mechlin ice ground--so pairs have been entering and leaving the clothwork one at a time. I'm only on the third exercise, though, so maybe things change in the later exercises. So far it has all been soothingly similar to Bucks Point except that the weaver enters and leaves the clothwork instead of passive pairs and thread have to makresharp right angles when a passive turns into a weaver or vice versa. Oh, and apparently the ground is evil or contagious or something because no pair can go directly from clothwork into ground (or vice versa) so the clothwork is surrounded by a thin ring of guardian non-ground stitches. You'd think a big solid gimp would be enough protection, but, no, gimp and barrier ring are both present. Julie in Laurel MD - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
