[lace] re: what do you do?

[the Mouzons]

I have a wide three ring binder, with those acid-free clear plastic (not 
actually plastic, maybe acetate?) sleeves.  From the beginning (with the 
advice of my first lace teacher), when I worked a pattern, I put the 
original drawing, pattern, any written info gleaned from working the 
pattern all together and into the sleeve.  If there is just a sample 
piece of the lace (quite a few) I put those in as well.  I also put 
copies of patterns into the book that have not yet been worked, but I 
really want to try one day.


I have a Beginner's book of Torchon patterns, an Intermediate/Advanced 
Torchon book, a Bedfordshire , Tape lace, Schneeberger book, a Bucks 
Point book, and a Honiton book.  I also keep loose lacemaking articles, 
receipts, catalogs, etc. from everything I ever bought to do with 
lacemaking in a binder as well.  I have old Springett's catalogs, Mr. D. 
J. Hornsby's receipts and notes, etc. etc. etc.


Debbie in Florida
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[lace] re: what do you do?

[Kate Henry]

What do I do with prickings?

Several fat three ring binders. Each lace I try goes into the binder. 
Drafts, sketches, actual pricking, 6 inch piece of the lace, notes. I like 
some when I'm making them, others not. Some are too much work for the 
effect. Others are simple to work and gorgeous.  Maybe I'll like some better 
later, and all the work is done and waiting. There's a drawer full of  old 
parchement  and paper prickings to try later, and a file drawer in the 
cabinet, a basket full in the hallway,  and another big notebook with 
prickings ready just because they are pretty, but other things come first. A 
good share of my lace books have prickings prepared and stuck in as 
bookmarks. I treat myself to making up a pricking, then other chores 
interfere. So they wait. Sometimes just making the pricking is enough 
without adding the thread.


I'm gathering a box of antique prickings to share on ebay. I know I won't 
get to make even a sample bit of most of them in this lifetime. :))

:)Kate Henry
Indiana USA

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[lace] Re: What do you do ....

[Tamara P Duvall]

On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:56, Jenny Brandis wrote:


What do you do with your prickings?


Pretty much what Debbie in Florida does: keep them in binders, in those 
clear plastic sleeves/pockets. By now, I have several binders: Point 
Ground, Flanders, Rosalibre, Wireworks,  2 Miscellaneous (probably 
ought to start a 3rd), Christmas and have recently (about a year ago) 
started a Reconstructions one.


Each pocket holds: a copy of the page (if the pattern came from a book) 
with title, autor and page number, the pricking itself with thread 
suggestions, any samples I cut off with an explanation as to what was 
wrong with it (if appropriate. Some are so bad, no explanation is 
necessary, since their errors are obvious g) and diagrams. Also, 
notes I made while making the pattern (so as to avoid making the same 
mistakes next time around). A photo/photocopy of the finished lace (if 
I had finished it). Sometimes, a photo of the work in progress, if it 
seems easier than trying to explain/diagram a particular spot.


Into the same binder, a couple per pocket, so that they're easily 
accessible, go ideas or visual stimulants: photos of paintings, 
drawings, ornaments, lace etc -- wich I either took myself or cut out 
from various catalogues and other junk mail. All of these are either to 
be developed into a pattern one day, maybe or else -- as in the case 
of the Reconstructions binder -- help me decide which particular 
technical trick would have been used in a particular situation.


Unlike Debbie, I was a self-taugh lacemaker, so nobody told me to do 
this. I started because once, I sent off a pattern to be published, it 
got lost in the mail and I was never able to reproduce it. Since then, 
I've kept a copy of all documentation. And, while it's true that I 
don't often re-use prickings, sometimes I do. If I participate in the 
Christmas exchange, for example, I sometimes like to give my partner a 
choice of the ornament, rather than develop a new one for the occasion. 
It's easy to reach into the Christmas binder, dig up the pocket, remove 
it, and have all the materials next to my pilow as I work. Same's true 
about little gifts of wire earrings -- they're all housed in the 
Wireworks binder and easily accessible.


--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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