As G.B. Shaw said: A reasonable man adapts himself to his environment. An
unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit
himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
Sometimes designs have to be modified to fit.
Otherwise, a custom-made solution will add unexpected costs.
Not always. ...
they added a new range to their products and my Hearts and
Flowers Snowflake got its frame.
With just Milanese experience I thought I could give Carolina's spider a try
original http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/arachne.html
mine http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/Milanese/Spider.jpg
The most important difference between Milanese and Spanish Witch Stitch lace
seems to be the edge stitch. I like the Witch Stitch way: no edge pair to
get rid of while sewing. I also liked Carolina's single continuous braid.
Many designs in Read/Kincaid books require a lot of finishing/starting and
therefore winding bobbins.
I prepared myself for the spider by tracing the most important pairs in
Caolina's sample and thought: why not use the tracing as a pricking? Foolish
me forgot to mirror the trace, but as is is a continuous braid with just one
tiny end it was no big deal.
With Milanese I'm alsways tempted to change things. Might be just another
type of braid, or more. Compare for example
http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/Milanese/durgama.jpg with
http://www.t-n-lace.net/00-03/00-03.html Thinking ahead helped: I knew I
wanted to do the face with embossed copper foil. Thus finishing of the
altered veil wasn't important.
With the spider I couldn't think of changing much. Just did the antenna's
ribbed and rolled like in Honiton, and changed the u-turn between the last
leg (on the right) and the body a bit for a more symetrical look. I guess I
should make the change stronger.
Jo
near Rotterdam/Gouda
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