Re: [lace] Brides tortillee

2020-06-06 Thread Catherine Barley
Yes I was on that course but we didn't cover the hexagonal grounds as time didn't allow, but I already knew how to work those having been taught the Zele way by Agnes Stevens some thirty or more years earlier. My main reason for enrolling on the course was my burning curiosity to learn how

Re: [lace] Brides Tortillee

2020-06-02 Thread Devon Thein
Many thanks to Jean and Laurie for your responses. I have looked up the appropriate page in the Depalle book and it is very explanatory. When I saw it I remembered that Laurie had taught us the process in her class, but also that I did not master the process. I flunked that part of the class and

Re: [lace] Brides Tortillee

2020-05-30 Thread Jean Leader
> > On 30 May 2020, at 21:36, Devon Thein wrote: > > Would one consider a piece of French needle lace with a Brides > tortillee mesh to be Alencon or Argentan? Also, I don't really understand > how it was made. With Alencon, you do needle lace stitches across a row, > then you whip back. But in

[lace] Brides Tortillee

2020-05-30 Thread Devon Thein
Would one consider a piece of French needle lace with a Brides tortillee mesh to be Alencon or Argentan? Also, I don't really understand how it was made. With Alencon, you do needle lace stitches across a row, then you whip back. But in the case of the Brides tortillee all the sides are whipped.