On Jan 23, 2005, at 11:17, Jean Nathan wrote:
I understand this is called the closed method - starting with cross.
I think the open method is twist, cross, twist for whole/cloth/double
stitch,
No, no, no. And *no* If you're gonna stick to the closed method it
doesn't matter, but if you should ever have to deal with the open
method (essential on bolsters, and useful anywhere where you have loads
of bobbins which are ruthlessly shoved off to make more room for
working in front)...
1) It's not the *start* that matters, but the *end*.
In situations where bobbins are likely to jump over or tangle, having
them end up untwisted (open) is preferable, because it's easier to see
that your pair's threads are parallel, then to count the twists on
them, and it's also easy to see an unintended cross between two
adjacent pairs. Since cloth stitch stitch (CTC) ends up with untwisted
threads, it's made the same way - CTC - both in the closed and the open
method.
2) "Cloth" stitch *is* called "whole" by most of Brits and Brit-trained
folk (except Pat Read and her Milanese crowd; Milanese, afterall, is
not a Brit lace ), but *never-ever* is it called "double". "Double"
stitch (a Scandinavian term, I think) is what it says: two half
stitches, or a (Continental) "whole" stitch: CTCT (or TCTC, in the open
method, to avoid ending with a T)
Carolina... I came in late on this discussion and all I can do is
endorse, wholeheartedly, that you level the ground for your readers by
defining your stitches up-front. Either by thread-by-thread diagrams,
or by using C & T (or both ). C for "cross" and T for "twist" may
not work in all languages, but it works both in English and in French
(in German it is, I think, K & D; no idea what it might be in other
languages), and two for one is not bad... :)
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Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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