Thanks for that explanation Lorelei - and I've also had a more-than-usual careful look at your Honiton pieces. Now I can probably go to the Luxton book and understand better. Karen
-----Original Message----- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Lorelei Halley Sent: 26 January 2010 23:45 To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] raised and rolled Joanne and Karen The difference between "raised and rolled" and "partly raised" is just a matter of how much of it there is. Please look at my website http://lynxlace.com/bobbinlace%20newrevival.html At the bottom of that page, the 2nd from the last row of photos, are of some raised Honiton samplers I made years ago. The white piece is from Perryman & Voysey, the grey linen color one is from Luxton. In Honiton there are several different ways of making raised parts. All the various ways have to do with narrow tapes/braids/ribs or bundles of threads. Sometimes these narrow ribs are woven in cloth stitch with pins on only one side. This kind may outline a leaf or flower petal, or can be used as leaf veins. The bundle kind usually serves to move threads from the bottom of one part or segment of a leaf up to the top of the next one. Usually these ribs or bundles are laid down first and the clothwork or half stitch motifs are made on top of them. When you work Honiton the "right side" of the finished piece faces the pillow and the wrong side faces the lacemaker. This is so that endings and knots will be hidden by the work. Duchesse also uses the rib, and Withof uses a bundle (similar but not exactly the same) which outlines nearly everything. I also have Luxton's TECHNIQUE and used it when learning raised work. She explains in detail how to do it in chapter 8, starting on page 139, where she describes the working of the leaf shapes in her circular sampler on page 111. The Luxton leaf sampler that I worked is from her book of Honiton patterns. Lorelei Halley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
