I received several messages in MB rather than KB size, which seems to
have knocked my inbox out of kilter, and I've missed some of the
Arachne exchange. I'm replying to replies; sorry for the overall
length...
On Jan 21, 2006, at 23:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steph writes
Flanders has so many worker exchanges where 4 bobbins cross
the gimp, that a coloured gimp shows up as a dotted line
From: Noelene & Bill Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
While talking of coloured lace - a couple of years ago, I started
a simple piece of Torchon and found I didn't have the right thickness
in Perle for the gimp. I was going to double the Perle I had, when
I thought why not wind single on two bobbins, and work the gimp
a la Russian tape lace, with the workers going through a pair of
gimps instead of the gimp being trapped down. The results were
great, and I've always done my Torchon gimps that way since.
The gimp really stands out.
I remember discussing this awhile back. I think a couple of us
(Arachneans) tried twining a thinner gimp. I know I did, and it worked
great. The gimp really stands out from the background because it never
has any 'regular' threads crossing it.
The "twined" (or "twisted", according to The Cook Book) gimp _does_
outline a shape much more clearly than a single one, because the
"basic" threads pass between the two and are hidden. The technique is
also useful when "basic" threads are used in that manner (no
thickening, but a solid line of colour). But it's impossible (so far as
I can tell) to use a twisted gimp in a gimp-loop (a very useful
trick)... There's no Paradise in BL :)
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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