Thank you Jane! You helped me gel the options that were whirling in my mind.
Iâve just given it a try & come upon a snag. Bedfordshire is worked right
side up & when I made the final cross-twist, the bead got twisted/buried. The
only way I could get the bead to sit/stay on top was to cloth
I don't see why not. In a windmill, you are working with each pair as if it is
a single thread. To add a bead, you can use a sewing. It is just as easy to
pull two threads through most beads as it is one, so use a double sewing (the
two bobbins of one pair passed through the two loops of the
Dear Jeri,
In fact, in rereading Marian Powys, I realized that she says the Diana
and Endymion piece "Was inherited by the same person as the Garniture
de Lit described above and is reputed to have been also used by
Napoleon and Marie Louise. So the piece you refer to and the piece I
am discussing
Dear Devon,Â
Some history memories:
I seem to recall that Napoleon ordered very large laces for his first wife,
Empress Josephine (m. 1796-1809). These took so long to execute by hand that
they were delivered when he was married to his second wife, Marie Louise -
Duchess of Parma (m.
Hello All! Is there a way to add a bead at a windmill crossing? I am working
the Bedfordshire leaves in pattern #2 of Jean Leaders Lace Guild intro. There
are four pairs total. The leaves are connected as “squares on point” & the
effect is like a line of small forget me nots. The piece would be
Yesterday, I realized after going through my photography, theat the
making of the drochel ground in strips in Point d'Angleterre, or
Brussels vrai drochel edgings is the norm, although I had never
noticed it before. Subsequently, I heard from a well regarded lace
authority who has a great deal of
