Dear Sally in Oregon USA, Thank you for telling where you are from. I can refer you to a well-known American book for the answers you require. This is a book that was widely distributed in the USA, and so popular it was reprinted with a soft cover, so I'll give you the information from both that you need when you go to a library to request an Interlibrary Loan: In either version of the book, you need to reference pages 118-120. Author: Doris Southard Title: Bobbin Lacemaking Copyright: 1977 Hardback ISBN: 0-684-15032-8, pub. by Charles Scribner's 1977 Soft cover: ISBN: 0-684-17894-X, pub. by Charles Scribner's 1983 Total book = 216 pages This is a basic book that all lace book collectors will have. If you have access to a Lace Guild's library, you should be able to borrow from them. It will be available from International Organization of Lace Inc. You'll need the book for the illustrations of how to make and place a pattern on a cone bolster. It says "A special pattern is used, which includes a complete corner plus a straight length of pattern equal to the measurement of one side of the handkerchief... The pattern is matched at the ends and joined so that it is continuous around the cone. You work around and around as though you were making straight lace." Instructions are given for making a cone bolster, though there are other methods that are of better quality (depends how often you'd use a cone). Another use for a cone is to make a lace that is flared (like an A-line skirt) so you do not have to gather a straight lace to make a ruffle. This uses less thread than a straight lace that is gathered would, and takes less time to make. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center (Private collection of over 1,000 lace books) In a message dated 5/25/2017 11:00:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dansing...@gmail.com writes:
I have seen the conical (as opposed to cylindrical) rollers for making corners, and I understand how they work, but how do you then go on working a straight piece of lace after you've made the corner? Do you have to transfer your work back to a cylinder? And then transfer it to a cone again for the next corner? Sally in western Oregon - 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/
