On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:49:53 -0400, Marcie wrote: >For a thinking person's bobbinlace I nominate Withof... no diagrams or >pinholes between your brain and the lace. I have also put my Withof >knowledge to good use when faced with an incorrect pricking in another >lace technique.
For me Withof was the great challenge, the ultimate scary hardest thing I could think of lace. I'd used fine threads in Honiton and Binche, but no pinholes was definitely removing the safety net. However, once I tried Withof, under the excellent guidance of Yvonne Scheeler-Kerkhoff, it became a fun challenge. The lack of pins is a huge advantage that enables me to design. If I can draw it, then I can tackle making it in Withof. No have I got the right number of pinholes questions, no working it out in advance in diagrams. There are some technicalities in matching size of design to the thread, and not having areas that require too many bobbins for a part lace made on a small pillow, but not many. Tomorrow I will collect Yvonne from the airport to take her to Alston Hall near Preston where she is teaching for the weekend. I'm taking my great African snail design to work on. This is only the third piece of Withof I've made. The first attempt made on a course with Yvonne in Cheltenham in the spring isn't quite to my satisfaction. I've redrawn the rear part of the snail's body to improve the shape of the design. The head had a part sticking out horizontally that was hard to work well so I've changed the angle at which the snail is holding its head to make it easier to work. My weekend will be lots of little practice bits to get this right, in preparation for redoing the entire piece by myself. -- The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. - Quentin Crisp Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
