>>>It is difficult to explain, but here's an example - in the older patterns if there's a series of snowflakes around another element they would be evenly spaced with reference to that other element, even if it means taking them out of the straight lines of the snowflake ground. In the modern patterns, though, the snowflake ground marches across the lace in military fashion, each snowflake exactly spaced with reference to the next, but all of them ignoring the placement of other design elements. It is almost as though the ground and the other design elements were cut out of different pieces of lace and just glued into the puzzle, and the effect jars my aesthetic sense.<<<
Interesting aesthetic. I do understand what you're saying, but my eye gets jarred when the ground gets all distorted trying to flow around another element. That looks sloppy to me. I like when the snowflakes (or whatever) march blindly, as if the other element isn't there, disappearing "underneath" the element to emerge unscathed and undaunted on the other side. to each his/her own.... Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
