At 05:39 PM 9/9/2003, Leonard Bazar wrote: >Is it the same with Binche? Has anyone been thinking >that out on the pillow? I assume this was originally >done - the Paris ground sections look made exactly for >getting x bobbins from a to b with the minimum fuss >and planning, and the sort I like to look at with >admiration has a sort of careless rapture, not >carefully planned feel. I'd love to know from the >Binche experts how they think and work.
Well, I suppose *someone* (else) can this! I'm not quite there yet <g>. I am no Binche "expert," but I have been working/studying Binche lace long enough to have a feel for it. Binche is fussy -- and after you get into level 2 laces, there is no "careless rapture" -- at least as far as I can tell. You *do* need to plan which elements you are going to work when, so that you can have enough room to work your tallies or so that you have the right bobbins in the right place at the right time. In Binche the motifs are so interconnected with each other that you cannot simply decide to work snowflake 1, then the cloth-stitch section, and then snowflake 2 -- you have to work parts of all three motifs in (some kind of) series until each one has its bobbins and can be finished. You need to think carefully about how far to work each section before moving to another so that you are working efficiently and leaving yourself room for proper tensioning and for making your tallies. When you work motif-dense Binche, you probably *could* work without a diagram (eventually), but I personally would like to complete some laces in my lifetime, so I'm happy to refer to the diagram! Candace in central PA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
