Re: [lace] Silly footside question
Hi Sister Claire, Here in my country (Spain), we put the foot side on the left. Good luck with your edging. I like Kortelahti very much. Her designs are so personal and different. Best regards from a delicious autumn day in Spain Antje - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Silly footside question
Hello Sr. Claire and everyone I have that book. In the start diagram for the corner, the footside is on the left. As well, there is a tiny photo of Eeva-Liisa on the back page. She is working an edging with the footside on the left. I had to get the magnifying glass to see it! You are right, it doesn't matter with this lace, you could work this edging either way, as you like. On 10/24/10, Sister Claire quietasa...@gmail.com wrote: My question: I don't remember if I should have the footside on the right or the left and I can't tell if it really matters with this lace. -- 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
Re: [lace] Silly footside question
Hello Sr Claire It's not a silly question, but there is no definitive answer. Some styles of lace and some areas work the footside on the left, others work it on the right. But just think about making an insertion - you have a footside on both sides so you do need to be able to work it either way but for an edging make it whichever way you feel most comfortable with - or whichever way your instructions/working diagram is presented. Brenda It's been ages since I've made anything besides Cantu', but I am now starting one of Eva Kortelahti's altar cloth edgings. (If you have the book Bobbin Lace - the one with the six altar lace patterns - it's on page 59.) I think this will have to be a project-in-the-background while I make other pieces in between because I do not have the stamina to make all those meters of edging without a break! My question: I don't remember if I should have the footside on the right or the left and I can't tell if it really matters with this lace. I don't think it does, but I've been waay wrong before. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Silly footside question
It's NOT a silly question. In the case of most Kortelahti patterns, it doesn't make any difference. Even the presentation of patterns in her books is not consistent. Some are printed right, and some left. Do it whichever way seems most comfortable to you. Or the way it shows in the book for that pattern. Your chosen pattern (Faith - Hope - Love) is a straight lace that flows nicely either direction. Left or right can be important if the lace is made with gimp. Some gimp maneuvers are not reversible. Previously on this List, people have met up with patterns that would not work until they reversed the pattern, but it doesn't happen very often. Alice in Oregonwho has made many Kortelahti patterns. - Original Message - It's been ages since I've made anything besides Cantu', but I am now starting one of Eva Kortelahti's altar cloth edgings. ... My question: I don't remember if I should have the footside on the right or the left and I can't tell if it really matters with this lace. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Silly footside question
Thanks very much for the answers and the encouragement. When I do a Cantu' edging (rarely) I work the footside on the left, but wasn't sure if it mattered here or if it needed to be on the right. (I don't have a problem with either, but I wanted to fit the technique to the lace.) Thank you for all the clarifications. This is my first Kortelahti piece and I'm really looking forward to it. Maybe I'll do some of the ornaments, too. I'd really like to do one of her biblical figurative pieces one day, once I'm sure of her techniques. Actually there is a pretty simple cross in the same book. Maybe I'll work it with my student. It will be a good way to introduce her to gimps. So get ready, Alice and anyone else who has done lots of Kortelahti patterns. I'm a question-asker! Sr. Claire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Silly footside question
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:30:29 + (UTC), Alice wrote: Left or right can be important if the lace is made with gimp. Some gimp maneuvers are not reversible. Previously on this List, people have met up with patterns that would not work until they reversed the pattern, but it doesn't happen very often. My advice is be careful with Binche. I tried to make a Binche edging from Die Spitze, and without realising turned it so the footside was on the opposite side. In theory the working diagram could be turned round to do it that way as well. In practice I struggled through 2 repeats, finding it very hard going. When I worked out what I'd done and restarted with the footside on the other side it flowed much better. Steph Peters Manchester, UK -- Money can't buy everything. That's what credit cards are for. Steph Peters stepha...@sandbenders.demon.co.uk Tatting, lace stitching page http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
