Re: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives
Hello Jo and everyone I think half-stitch in Flanders would be ok for a small area, too much and the design could look odd (but - we suit ourselves!). A Binche piece I'm working on uses half-stitch in discreet places of the motif, and I like the effect. On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Jo yhgr@xs4all.nl wrote: Hello Spiders Before I go through trial and error I would like your opinion about applying half stitch in flanders motives. If possible at all, what are the pitfalls? -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives
Jo, A number of old Flemish laces I've worked or seen in books have small areas of half stitch. In my experience the challenge (pitfall?) is making a neat transition between the surrounding cloth stitch and the half-stitch areas. I don't believe I have seen half stitch by itself (i.e., an entire motif with ring pair) but if the motif were not too complicated in shape, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Please post pictures and report on how it turns out, whether a success or not! Nancy Connecticut, USA On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Jo yhgr@xs4all.nl wrote: Before I go through trial and error I would like your opinion about applying half stitch in flanders motives. If possible at all, what are the pitfalls? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives
Hi Jo - If you go to my photos in Webshots, there are two or three pictures of Brugge, the Flanders piece designed by Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet. They are near the end of the folder. This piece has three clouds in the sky, and each is worked a little differently. Actually, Anne-Marie's plan was for two techniques, but I was working the second one when I realized that I had mis-read the color of the first one and worked it in a way she had not intended! So... my version has three different treatments. Clay On 1/13/2012 10:56 AM, Jo wrote: Hello Spiders Before I go through trial and error I would like your opinion about applying half stitch in flanders motives. If possible at all, what are the pitfalls? In case you want to refer to books, mine are on http://www.librarything.com/catalog/kantelier My objective is to extend the seagulls from the book Tierisch Flandrisch by Inge Teurkauf and add some clouds. With or without a silver lining ;-) I don't remember excatly where but while browsing the web and my books, I thought I also saw some cloth-stitch area's in the unusual diagonal direction, what gave an airy effect too. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives
Please post pictures and report on how it turns out, whether a success or not! Don't hold your breath. I'm not Speedy Gonzales. Even if successful it won't be as stunning as Clay's project. It was worth to recover the password for a magnification, thank you so much Clay for the close up. It is convincing and very informative. I guess I'll play with the mystery of the half stich of the 's Gravenmoers book of the LOKK. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives
What an incredible piece of lace. i definately have to get out my bobbin stitches book and be more adventurous. Sue T Hi Jo - If you go to my photos in Webshots, there are two or three pictures of Brugge, the Flanders piece designed by Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet. They are near the end of the folder. This piece has three clouds in the sky, and each is worked a little differently. Actually, Anne-Marie's plan was for two techniques, but I was working the second one when I realized that I had mis-read the color of the first one and worked it in a way she had not intended! So... my version has three different treatments. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives
Dear Jo, I do not profess to any real knowledge in this area, other than a beginner's, but if you look on p. 49 of Tierisch Flandrisch book by Inge Theuerkauf, you will see that the foot of the teddy bear is done in half stitch, with gimp and ring pair. It is not diagrammed as such, from what I can tell, but the picture is clear that there is half stitch. Different from Clay's outstandingly stunning clouds in her Bruges picture, but a choice nonetheless. Also, on p. 59 of the same book is an example of shading in a cloth ground motif simply using extra twists very effectively to give a 3D effect. A better example of this might be on p. 61. With these choices you might have lots and lots of fun with the sky. How about silver gimp, or a silver thread in the gimp? Not quite a lining, but the intent is there. Also, if it were I, which I know it is not, I would make the seagulls higher, simply because you almost never see seagulls so low down to the water. Fits in the handkerchief edging, but if you're making a picture with high clouds and such... Lyn in Lancaster, where it is COLD finally. 30F, -1C, but a wind chill of 21F, -5.5C. No snow where I am. Jo wrote: I would like your opinion about applying half stitch in flanders motives. If possible at all, what are the pitfalls? My objective is to extend the seagulls from the book Tierisch Flandrisch by Inge Teurkauf and add some clouds. With or without a silver lining ;-) - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives
Hi Jo The only pitfall I can think of is organizing the half stitch in the motif. Remember that in Flanders the worker in each row changes and becomes a passive while another worker takes over. If you can manage to do that type of change over then it should be fine. Experiment. Anna from a cloudy and cool Sydney On 14/01/12 2:56 AM, Jo wrote: Hello Spiders Before I go through trial and error I would like your opinion about applying half stitch in flanders motives. If possible at all, what are the pitfalls? In case you want to refer to books, mine are on http://www.librarything.com/catalog/kantelier My objective is to extend the seagulls from the book Tierisch Flandrisch by Inge Teurkauf and add some clouds. With or without a silver lining ;-) I don't remember excatly where but while browsing the web and my books, I thought I also saw some cloth-stitch area's in the unusual diagonal direction, what gave an airy effect too. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
