Well, Clay, if you ever decide to sell that Toustou pillow give me a call. I will give you what it is worth and not try to bargain you down. I would love to have one. I even tried at one time to get a hold of him. (back in the 90's) I usually use the old fashioned English bolster. I want to get a nice sized one that is stuffed with barley straw or sea grass. That is something I will have to get from England. I had thought of getting a Christina but Toustou's are so well made and beautiful.
Keep me on your list... Cearbhael (Angel Skubic) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 6:58 PM To: Helen Bell Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [lace] RE:princess pillow/numbered torchon patterns Thanks for that fresh perspective!! When I first started knitting, (back in the dark ages...), everything was written out. Granted, a short form had been adopted, so that K stood for knit and P stood for purl... but it was always written out. Then... drum roll... I discovered lace! And so for years, my knitting (or what was left of it) sat idle in an out-of-the way place. When I re-discovered it a few years ago, the earth had rotated many degrees, and charts had come into play!!! I took to them like a duck to water!!! Which is why now... I have a hard time plodding through the written out instructions of old lacemaker's patterns like these. Thank goodness for diagrams and charts!!! I guess this just proves that I'm a newbie after all! Clay On 3/3/2011 7:43 PM, Helen Bell wrote: > I have a few old torchon patterns that are numbered (probably from princess > pillows at some point in time?) and one is for a piece that's about 6" wide > that I've always wanted to try. I think it has about 800 pinholes in one > repeat :-) > > The numbering can be quite handy at first when starting the pattern, until > you get into the flow of the piece - especially if you haven't done torchon > for a while and are coming back to it for a change :-) > > Cheers, > Helen, soggy Duvall, WA > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
