Thanks to Clay and Sue, the mysteries of putting something into Flickr seem to have been overcome. They have just posted the picture I took of the pair of curtains I have finally finished after months of intense effort. The pattern I used is a variation of Ulrike's design on pages 54-4 to 6 in the second section of her masterful work on Torchon. I lengthened the pricking to fit the windows and made a couple of other changes which seemed to work out all right. (I hope Ulrike has forgiven me and won't look too closely at all my mistakes!). I used Fresia 30/3 to make the curtains sturdy enough to hang well and enlarged the scale by about 140%. In the book it calls for 66 pairs of bobbins, but when I finished it looks as though I used well over 100 pairs! Managing so many was difficult, but as with many of the challenges of this project I learned a lot. It was a long time in the planning and making, but the resulting satisfaction is well worth it. My workroom is now cozy and quite elegant!
Thanks first of all to Ulrike and then to Clay and Sue for helping me to share this venture. I hope everyone can access the Flickr.com site and see what marvels so many lace makers have accomplished. Tess (tess1...@aol.com). In Maine USA, where winter fast approaches. - 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/
