I took this class at IOLI in Harrisburg and the teacher, Suzanne Brackenbury, was from England. She was a great teacher and we really learned a lot from her. I think it was her first time teaching for the IOLI.
I don't consider this a point ground lace at all. No point ground stitch anywhere in the ground or motif fillings. I don't consider it Torchon, but it's probably closer to that than any other lace I've experienced. The diagonal half-stitch is a challenge - something I had to learn by rote before I began to "see" how it should be worked. No one has mentioned the duitse plaits (sp?)! It's usually a diamond shape, worked in cloth stitch, but in a particular manner to create an open pattern. It looks a little like lattice-work when finished. I have some 's Gravenmoer on my yahoo photos. I haven't put up a photo yet of my bracelet though. http://photos.yahoo.com/drswilliams I find it a lot more "fun" to work than Torchon. And I look at Torchon patterns and mentally replace the stitch patterns with 's Gravenmoer stitches. Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
