Hi All, I got Catherine Barley's NL book for my birthday last week (DH let me do the shopping). It is fantastic! And I think, for once, I am actually going to follow the lessons in a book. I'm always jumping ahead of myself which works sometimes but I can see there is a lot to learn and the more practice I get the better! After my 1-1/2 day NL class last fall I made a few more flowers and then designed a holly leaf and berry pin. I had a little too much faith in my ability to figure things out <VBG>.
And thank you Catherine for starting out with a Gros Point project! All the designs are very lovely and immediately grabbed my interest. I'm too excited to start with something I can do, I appreciate the challenge! With a few less life distractions than I've been having I'll start a sampler using threads I have already. I've ordered more <G>. And needles too though I remembered to check my sewing basket and there was a pack of ball point needles (39 cents!) that I'd gotten years ago just in case I ever needed them. I did look at the thinnest thread I use for Carrickmacross and thought "you're out of your mind". Luckily the lace-maker- voice drowned out the normal-person voice and said "oh, give it a try". The other funny thing was when I looked at the first pattern I thought it looked awfully small. After I looked at the 60/2 thread I thought maybe I should make it smaller <VBG>. I usually use #12 Pearl cotton in my Battenberg lace and the difference between the two threads is quite striking! I may work with the tatting cotton I used in the NL class first and work my way down to the thinner threads. I do know the thinner threads will look bigger when I work with them. The holes in the Carrickmacross net looked impossibly small to me at first but once I tried buttonholing around them they got bigger (to my eye at least). Jane in Vermont, USA where the leaves on the trees are out and getting bigger every day! Lilies-of-the-Valley are out too. What a divine fragrance! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
