Sounds absolutely beautiful, I did take a look and loved it.
Sue T, Dorset UK
Subject: RE: [lace] s Gravenmoer and Sulky Blendables - was long
lace/garters
For those who have not heard of s'Gravensmoer, don't feel bad. It is a
lovely lace which, as Brenda said, is most like Torchon. It was made is a
particular part of Holland, and used for their caps. The every-day cap
was
rather simple, but the "Sunday Best" was large and showy! It has been
relatively recent that the lacemakers in Holland began to make an effort
to
preserve the examples that are left, to document the many patterns
(families had their own pattern which was handed down, and their patterns
often told the story of their family's source of survival, or wealth, as
the case might be). So it is only now being introduced to lacemakers in
other parts of the world.
The Dutch Guild published a beautiful book several years ago which really
got things going, but it's out of print already! : (
Gotta run!! I'm going to a workshop with Christine Springett!
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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To: Dee Palin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: 2/25/2006 6:05:32 AM
Subject: [lace] s Gravenmoer and Sulky Blendables - was long lace/garters
Dee
's Gravenmoer is a form of hand-made torchon which has half stitch
worked with diagonal and vertical threads instead of the usual diagonal
and horizontals. I've not done any myself but I believe it's achieved
by working diagonal rows of halfstich instead of going back and forth -
rather like working the first half of a spider.
Sulky Blendables is a range of space dyed machine embroidery cotton 12
wt or 30 wt, same as their "All Purpose" cottons in solid colours.
More info at
http://www.sulky.com/thread/thread_blendables.php
Brenda
On 25 Feb 2006, at 09:33, Dee Palin wrote:
> Please forgive my ignorance, but what is 's Gravenmoer and what are
> Sulky blendables? They both sound fascinating!
>
> Dee Palin
> Gloucestershire
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