David emailed a scan of the portion of his pricking that he is asking about.
Here's the URL: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/tonderdetail.jpg I'll be interested to hear what other ideas we can come up with for the treatment of the center of the flower. Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA > Dear Friends, > I am spending a couple of days preparing an old Toender pricking > which I've had for some years. This is a beautiful edging just over > 3" deep and I am told was of lace which belonged to a Comtesse > Ahlefedt-Laurvigen - there are a number of possibilities from which to choose. > > There are no working diagrams - just the dots. Thank goodness the > gimp lines are there. I can easily figure out all the point ground > areas, honeycomb, leaves etc. However, there is one area which is > worrying me. It's difficult to describe verbally, but it you can > imagine a large-ish circular flower of 8 petals. The central circle > is about 1" in diameter. It is the dots inside this central area that > I need help with. They are simply arranged in parallel lines like this: > > . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . > . . . . . > > What would you recommend doing with them?? > David in Ballarat > > - > 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]
