[lace] Re: Russian Lace Experts Please Help Us: Kopek/Whirlpool filling stitch

2019-02-22 Thread Clare Lewis
> > Jeri wrote: > The one illustration shows 8 spokes reaching outward from the center. It > does not illustrate how spokes are anchored at the perimeter. Then, it > looks like a first stitch comes up in the center, goes over a spoke, then > is taken back under that spoke and brought up and forwa

[lace] Re: Russian lace

2008-11-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Nov 13, 2008, at 18:43, bev walker wrote: I knew there was another name for this feature, whirlpool, 'het wiendtje' (sp?), spider filling...and I was thinking 'coin' maybe...but yes, kopec! (which I think means 'hill' in Czech?) Don't know about Czech, but "kopiec" means "mound" in Polish

[lace] Re: Russian Lace

2008-11-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Nov 12, 2008, at 19:09, Nova P wrote: [...] Russian Lace Patterns (Anna Korableva & Bridget M.Cook) - if you wouldn't mind looking at the Vyatskii Doll pattern, in my copy on page 24, please?\ The face of the doll has what I think are a square tally, but looking closely I cannot identif

[lace] Re: Russian lace album

2005-12-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Dec 23, 2005, at 2:43, Jenny Brandis wrote: The seller (male) does not know lace from crochet - have you looked at his other 'lace' item? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Antique-Lace-Table-Runner-Indian-Chiefs-Peace- Pipe- Old_W0QQitemZ7376694345QQcategoryZ39446QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVie w

[lace] Re: Russian lace right side up (was: top sewings)

2004-04-28 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Got this one from Weronika privately, but thought it might be of iterest to other novics as well, hence the re-direction... I think I understand your top sewing explanation now. Interesting. I didn't know you could do that. I wonder if you could somehow make a "bottom sewing" too, so that you

[lace] Re: Russian lace right side up (was: top sewings)

2004-04-28 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Apr 28, 2004, at 21:10, Weronika Patena wrote: Russian Tape is supposed to be worked with the *right* side up. Really?? Why? And does that mean you have to make the joinings completely invisible??? Yes. And there's a way of doing it, only I never properly learnt it (despite various explanatio