I am curious as to what people have made out there in Lacingland that you would call the ultimate piece of lace you have ever made or felt good about when finished.
For me it would be the Bucks Point bunnies that I made from a pattern by Bridget Cook, there is a picture of it as it came off the pillow on Flickr. I made it with minimum experience in Bucks Point for a colleague at work who was due to retire last year. It took me about 15 months, doing two versions, the first one on a larger scale. My colleague keeps changing her mind about retiring and at the rate she keeps changing her mind I might be retiring before her! I keep looking at the piece and seeing the mistakes and wondering whether I ought to do it again. She bought me the book with the pattern as a birthday present nearly four years ago when my son was very seriously ill [fortunately he pulled through] but her gesture made me want to give her something special. Doing that piece has given me a passion for Bucks Point and I have done very little else for the last year or so. Actually, I'm learning tatting and having a go at Irish crochet as well as knitting for my grandson. So it's not exclusively Bucks Point, but I have a Beds edging that I haven't touched in months and a Bruges pattern that keeps nudging me and saying 'make me, make me'. So I guess that I shall be very busy during 2014. Alison in chilly [but not as chilly as some parts of the world fortunately] and still sunny Colchester, Essex, UK - 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/
