[lace] Cross & Twist
I too learnt to the chant of ' 2 over 3 and 2 & 4 back, 2 over 3' and still teach it that way. Seems to work well. My son ( now 17) proves he can still remember how to make lace by chanting it out. I know when my students are relaxing into their lacemaking by the lack af under the breath muttering of the rhyme! It also stops the early worry of what is a cross and what is a twist. Lynne. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, Uk email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Cross & Twist
Hello all Tamara said: There's no confusion at all about the "Cross"; the *term* seems to be used "accross the board", and, even though it doesn't always start with a C in all languages, it does in *most*. In a pinch, it could be substituted by X, and it would still be understood by all (well, "all" as in:"all from the Christian countries"... But that's where *most* of the lace is being made)... I wonder if there isn't, somewhere, a word or a symbol that could be as easily recognised to describe *either* the twist *or* the turn... --- One of my lacemaking friends had her first lessons in Paris, with a very strict teacher. She had copious notes describing each stitch and ground in detail. Cross & Twist were denoted as X & O. So a half stitch is XO and a cloth stitch, CTC becomes XOX Torchon ground is XO.XO Double torchon ground is XOXO.XOXO etc. etc. It makes a very neat shorthand when taking down notes or explaining how to do a stitch. Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Cross & Twist
In a message dated 08/11/2003 09:45:15 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I too learnt to the chant of ' 2 over 3 and 2 &4 back, 2 over 3' and still > teach it that way. Seems to work well. My son ( now 17) proves he can still > remember how to make lace by chanting it out. I know when my students are > relaxing into their lacemaking by the lack af under the breath muttering of > the rhyme! It also stops the early worry of what is a cross and what is a > twist. > > Lynne. > Lynne Cumming > Lynne, I know that the lady who taught me used this as one of the ways she taught - I think it may be geographical because she was taught in Herts by someone who had worked for the local education authority but I'm sure you'll prove me wrong by saying you learnt from someone in suffolk!!! Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Cross & Twist
At 09:42 AM 11/8/2003 -, you wrote: >I too learnt to the chant of ' 2 over 3 and 2 & 4 back, 2 over 3' and still >teach it that way. Never thought of it that way -- never heard it said just that way. When manning the 'try it' pillow and talking someone through the stitches, I found myself saying, "middle (two threads) cross to the right, then both pairs to the left", then, "middle right, both left". It shortens down to, "middle, both, middle". If they persisted past a dozen stitches, then I would start inserting the correct terms of cross and twist. Maybe methods for dealing with 5-minute-lacemakers are different from teaching a serious student. I'll have to think on this when I get a new student. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon - Brisk cold wind today. Clear but chilly. Oregon Country Lacemakers Arachne Secret Pal Administrator Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Cross & Twist
>>>From: Janis Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cross & Twist were denoted as X & OIt makes a very neat shorthand when taking down notes or explaining how to do a stitch.<<< It's all a matter of what works for the *notetaker*. For me, X would forever be confused--is that a right-over-left X or a left-over-right X, and which is my right hand anyway? I don't even make a square knot consistently. I may start right-over-left or left-over-right, I just make sure the second half is opposite whatever I did the first half. Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Cross & Twist
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