On 25 Feb 2006, at 12:11, Dee Palin wrote:
Thank you, Brenda - are there books on it? It sounds interesting and
I'd love to have a go.
Clay replied:
The Dutch Guild published a beautiful book several years ago which
really
got things going, but it's out of print already! : (
"Kant, uit Vlaanderen en 's Gravenmoer"
Published 2002 by LOKK (Dutch Lace Guild)
There's no price on my copy but it wouldn't have been cheap! A4,
hardback 271 pages, English and Dutch text.
Mostly B&W but some colour pages including three sample pieces with
zig-zag trails worked in cloth stitch with multicolour workers.
Doesn't say what thread was used for the workers but it could well have
been Sulky Blendables.
Alice says:
The 's Gravenmoerse lace is not Torchon. People get
that impression because it is on a 45 degree grid,
like Torchon, but it really is a Point Ground lace
with very distinctive features.
Much of the ground is CTTpCTT and there are picots along most of the
headsides. Some of the patterns have complex grounds taken from
Flemish lace and there are spiders and zig-zag trails and gimp
outlines, so a very mixed style. Being a geometric lace with 45 degree
working angle the patterns have to be similar to torchon designs.
Brenda
Dee
's Gravenmoer is a form of hand-made torchon which has half stitch
worked with diagonal and vertical threads instead of the usual
diagonal and horizontals. I've not done any myself but I believe
it's achieved by working diagonal rows of halfstich instead of going
back and forth - rather like working the first half of a spider.
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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