I would be very interested in this also! Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Maureen Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To Alice and all other spiders, > I have for a long time been contemplating doing a > piece of overlap lace but > to date have never tried it, are there any pitfalls > that I need to look out > for, help gratefully accepted. > Sue M Harvey > Norfolk UK > where I am sitting in an almost empty workroom > because we are decorating it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alice Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <lace@arachne.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:24 AM > Subject: [lace] lace pattern question > > > > Greetings, > > > > A box of lace books and papers were given to our > lace guild from an > > estate. I had the assignment to go through it to > see what was there. > Part > > of it had come originally from a second estate so > it has remnants from two > > lacemakers. > > > > One thing I turned up was the draft copies of two > Torchon patterns. One > > seemed ready to test, and was signed and dated. > > > > The other one ----- that is the problem. It is > not signed so I'm not sure > > which of the two lacemakers drafted it. However > it has a title. This led > > me to wonder if it was a pricking draft from a > pattern in a book -- before > > the days of the copy machine. The title is > "Emperor's Crown". It is > > Torchon, with the headside made of narrow > scalloped fans assembled in > > clusters to make a larger scallop. There are four > spiders per repeat with > > a large center diamond of either roseground or > honeycomb surrounded by a > > diamond trail of either cloth stitch or half > stitch. > > > > Does this sound like anything you have in an older > book - probably in the > > 70's or 80's? Being titled like that made me > think it could be a copy of > > an existing pattern. > > > > With further study, it seems to have one section > that is not drawn in a > > do-able manner. Some thread pairs go two > directions at once. The pattern > > needs minor tweaking to correct this error, which > I think I can do without > > changing the general composition. This error > encourages me to believe > that > > this might be an original design that was not > finished. > > > > Any suggestion on how to find out about this > pattern since the two > possible > > designers are deceased? > > > > Alice in Oregon -- where my first overlap lace > completion turned out > > acceptible but not perfect. > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, > write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
