Susan When starting a leaf at a point, usually one of the pins below the top point pin will be a little closer to the top. That is the direction to weave in for your first row. Some you weave to the left, some to the right. Go for the highest pin first.
Honiton technique was not intended for work in color, so the typical movements don't account for color changes, just how to get from A to B. That said, there is no reason why you can't experiment and see what happens. One thing to remember is that when weaving a cloth stitch area, whichever bobbins serve as the weavers will dominate the color appearance. So if you have one or 2 passive pairs that are green, in a flower, they may not matter much. So long as your weaver and 2 edge pairs are petal colors (because these 3 take turns as weavers) it won't matter so much what color the others are. (There is a piece at the Art Institute of Chicago which has plaid flowers because of this fact.) The other alternative is to abandon the idea of following the Honiton method of trying to make threads move from the leaf into the flower. Instead, work each part as a separate unit and attach them by sewings. Leaves and stems could be one unit. Flowers would each be their own unit. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
