Re: [lace] Gargoyle patterns?

2009-11-24 Thread Clay Blackwell
Well a couple of observations, based on a brief perusal of my copy... The patterns are all executed in Flanders/Binche, which is are advanced types of lace, and require a lot of skills beyond beginner.And after glancing at a couple of vendor's sites, I don't think "Hausdrachen" is ava

Re: [lace] Gargoyle patterns?

2009-11-23 Thread robinlace
Lora wrote: I'm still a beginner at bobbin lace (under a year) but does anyone know of a simple gargoyle pattern for a square mat? I think there are some gargoyle-ish designs in Ulrike Lohr's box "Hausdrachen". The designs are supposedly all dragons (except the bats, of course), but

Re: [lace] Gargoyle patterns?

2009-11-23 Thread bev walker
Hello Lora and everyone One idea: If you can manage making a simple square mat on its own, then sketch the gargoyle you have in mind, place the sketch on the pricking of the mat and as pairs come into the area of the gargoyle work variations of CT and CTC to fill in the shape. If that is too trick

[lace] Gargoyle patterns?

2009-11-23 Thread Lora
I'm still a beginner at bobbin lace (under a year) but does anyone know of a simple gargoyle pattern for a square mat? I'm thinking of making somthing along those lines as a x-mas gift for someone - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@add