I have this book coming in my next shipment. I ordered it from van Sciver, but she was out of stock last month. And I have also ordered some of the threads used in this book. Oh my, 25,000 pins per repeat or 250 pairs? That is a lot of pins as well as bobbins. But I am starting to get there with the bobbins, slowly, ordering a few dozen every time I place any lace supply order. I don't know how many I have right now, but it is nowhere near 500 bobbins, at least not midlands ones, and I have trouble with unspangled bobbins rolling too much and end up having thread drift apart. I can use them if I am doing something with heavier thread, like for Torchon, but with the finer threads like for Bucks I really seem to need spangled ones. And I like the finer thread laced more than the heavier ones, though I have been doing some Milanese, and want to try some Idrija as well. And I see that Ulrike has a new book out on the Barjac Ombree, which I am going to order in the near future as well, it looks interesting. Ugh, them dollar signs are starting to add up again.....
*Marianne* Marianne Gallant m...@shaw.ca threadsnminis.blogspot.ca On 03/07/2015 9:06 AM, Achim Siebert wrote: > If youd like a really nice book with beautiful Chantilly patterns > (including Ombrée) I highly recommend Ulrike Voelckers Schwarzarbeit > Band 2. It has meticulously drawn diagrams showing every pair of > bobbins, so even complex patterns are rather easy to follow. It has 69 > patterns in total, so theres something for everyone, including a > pattern with about 25.000 pinholes per repeat (!), needing about 250 > pairs of bobbins, so it might be the one and only pattern youll ever > work on ;-). Its written in German and English. None of my other > books come closer to what I prefer in lace: Art Nouveau / Art Deco > style, flowing lines and wonderful shading. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
