Wel l l l.... the thing with Honiton is that it is not a continuous lace! It does not HAVE a headside or a footside. Or am I missing something here?
C Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: lace Arachne <[email protected]> > Date: 1/9/2006 9:00:37 PM > Subject: [lace] Re: Footside-Right, Footside-Left > > On Jan 9, 2006, at 19:58, Donna Hrynkiw wrote: > > > But first a comment on Tamera's comment -- if you're more comfortable > > working with the headside on the left, why not simply turn the pattern > > around and work it with the headside on the left? [...] > > Virtually every edging pattern I've ever worked could be turned > > around and worked from the other end. > > That's true, up to a point... > > If it's a Torchon pattren -- no problem. It looks the same if you work > it with the pricking upside down. It is also no problem with a Point > Ground... Provided you understand the pattern and do not need a > diagram. Alternatively, it is also no problem, if you're a whiz at > geometry and can -- mentally -- flip the diagram upside down. > > But I'm one of those unfortunates who, while having two legs like any > other human being, seem to be "blessed" with more than two Achilles' > heels :) And one of them is "severe lack of geometrical imagination" > (my highschool math teacher's diagnosis <g>). If I flip the pricking > upside down and leave the diagram as is, I have problems -- I can't > imagine how to deal with mirror reversal of foot- and head-sides. If I > flip both -- the pricking and the diagram -- upside down, I'm left with > the image (in the diagram) of threads travelling _below_ the pins, not > above them... > > It may seem a minor problem to most of you, but I was -- almost -- > famous in my highschool as the person to whom the same triangle was a > totally different entity depending on whether its corners were named > A-B-C or 1-2-3. And when, instead of corners, we started naming angles > (alpha-beta-gamma), it was a totally new puzzle, as far as I was > concerned... :) > > So, for me, the only viable solution is to copy the diagram onto > tracing paper (my copier won't handle the tracing paper, so it's by > hand), then look at it from the wrong side. I have to do the same > thing, BTW, even with the Read/Kincaid Milanese paterns (no discernible > head-foot), if they give directions on how to move from right to left > and I need to move from left to right... To each her own fallibilities > and the ways to cope with them :) > > > My question: am I correct in my assumption that typically edgings > > worked > > with Midlands-style (ie spangled) bobbins have the footside on the > > right, > > and edgings worked with unspangled/European-style bobbins have the > > footside on the left? > > It's a peculiar way to put it, IMO... I don't think it's the type of > bobbin that "rules" where right and left is though, in general, what > you say might be true. I can't say "is" because I don't know anything > about Honiton -- English, but made with unspangled bobbins. Can people > who'd learnt Honiton from traditional teachers chime in? > > -- > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
