Hi all, Many thanks to all who sent me contact information for Robin Lewis-Wild, it was very helpful!
With a large dose of enthusiasm and a very miniscule amout of common sense, I recently plunged into a big project, the dress cap in Barbara Underwood's book "Traditional Bedfordshire Lace" book (Plate 4 and pages 38/39, in my edition). I started at the front peak of it and am working backwards towards the three tails. I've been adding pairs every time I turned around, and at the moment I'm down onto the "shoulder" above the third half-stitch bud from the center, in other words the half-stitch bud where the plait from the circle around the bud leads down to the first half-stitch leaf. So far at least, it doesn't seem like there's a lot of need/opportunity to throw out pairs, it seems like everything I've added I'm going to need still. However, at some point I'm going to have to throw out pairs because they're all headed for the center and it's going to be a mess if they're all still in there. Either throw out pairs, that is, or redirect them somehow. To me, it looks like some of the pairs work downwards through the half-stitch leaves that head toward the center triangle, for example the diagonal/zig-zag plaits between the second and third half-stitch leaf. It also looks like the third and fourth half-stitch leaves on each side may be worked out from the center, where the first and second are worked in towards the center. Am I (literally) headed in the right direction here, or have I let too much enthusiasm turn me around and mess with my head? I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me! Best regards, Elizabeth Leverkusen, Germany, where spring is on its way... slowly - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
