Hi Sue and everyone The short answer is you work it diagonally and follow the diagram :)) ok, that was cheeky - here's a f'r'instance - you have a little diamond of 3 pairs coming in from each side. The top two pairs hs pin hs, as we are used to doing in Torchon; with the next left two pr you make a hs but don't close the pin, and with the 3rd left the same, go back to the next right after the topmost pin, make a hs, pin, and nip down to the 4th left outgoing pairs and hs them, place a pin, return to the 3rd right pairs for a hs pin, then the 4th right. Finally the two last pairs end the diamond with hs pin hs. You don't close the h-s for the other pairs but the pins end up being closed as you work.
well you did ask :)) It is more or less for each two pair coming in from one sidet a pair is worked in from the other until all pairs are used and they leave in reverse order of entry. Or, more simply, a new pair is worked from right to left each row, rather than the weaver working back and forth as we do with Torchon. The 's Gravenmoer half-stitch is a.k.a. diagonal half-stitch which can be worked several ways - as above, or as true diagonal by working each pair in one direction only resulting in the threads being at a 45 degree angle (I am using the LOKK book as a reference). On 2/27/06, Sue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To Clay and all spiders, > So how do you work this half-stitch? > Just curious > Sue M Harvey > Norfolk UK > -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
