[lace] Starting a Torchon bookmark

2003-11-24 Thread Annette Gill
Can anyone shed any light on Geraldine Stott's method of staring a Torchon bookmark, as described in The Bobbin Lace Manual? The description is a bit vague, and I've tried a couple of different interpretations, but they're clearly both wrong. If anyone can clarify what she means, I'd be very

Re: [lace] Starting a Torchon bookmark

2003-11-24 Thread Ruth Budge
Dear Annette, I'm looking at the diagram on page 49 - the first bookmark pattern. The large numbers near dots with circles around them indicate the number of pairs to be hung on these pins. They're temporary pins, which means that after used these pairs to work a stitch, you take the temporary