[lace] Re: More questions of terminology :)
On Dec 19, 2007, at 20:25, Margot Walker wrote: I too have made it, using the same thread as Bev. Moravia 40/2 *linen*? Did you enlarge the pricking, the way Bev had done? If so, how much? For the 'c' row, the worker pair from the left works into the centre and is left there. Sorry. Should have said "for the workers switching sides" rather than "for the switch of workers". But I did "get" how it needs to be worked, honest :) Then starting from the right, I worked CTCTpinCTCT right across the row. OK, why CTCT, p, CTCT and not just CTCT? Isn't it harder to fold accross the line of pinholes than having a "ridge" of CTCT on top of the fold? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: More questions of terminology :)
On Dec 19, 2007, at 19:15, bevw wrote: I made the star - work CT throughout except for CTCT at the edges. What about the "c row" for the switch of workers? That's supposed to be made with the same stitch as the edge ones. I was inclined to make it in CTCT and the edge ones ditto -- as you advise -- but that "toile" in the French text had me wary. I used Moravia 40/2 at the enlarged size (120%). I was planning on using Moravia 40/2 Metallic thread; discovered it a couple of months ago and it was love at first stitch. Photocopied the pattern at 110% and was wondering if it would be enough to accomodate 7 passive pairs. Didn't *quite* look like it to me, but Fresia and Bouc 40/2 linens have the same number of wraps in Brenda's book -- 20 -- as the Moravia Metallic 40/2, so, theoretically, I should have been able to use the pricking without any change, unless the linen used in the sample was *Bockens* 40/2, which has 23 wraps. That's why I was asking about the brand of linen which was likely to have been used. If the sample is made in Bockens, then I should probably photocopy the pricking at 115%. Many thanks. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE: more questions
Weronika, I haven't looked at Southard for years, but I'm guessing she means that as you hold the bobbins, your palms either face down or they face up. I think some of the different continental regions make their lace palms up, so the bobbins rest in the hand and appear to be "juggled" (that's how it looks to me, and fascinates me when I see someone working that way :-) ) where as the English and their kin work palms down, so the bobbins are "suspended" between the fingers. We tend to do more picking up and putting down of bobbins perhaps, as we tend to work each stitch on the pillow, rather than in the hand like the continental method. I've never worked palm up - I'm a palm down person. There's no right or wrong way - just how you feel comfortable, and I can't say for sure, but it may also have a little something to do with the type of bobbins you use - East Midlands with the spangles or continental (without spangles). I'm sure there are others out there in Lace Land who can add more. Cheers, Helen, Aussie living in breezy Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
