I too have been enjoying and learning from this thread. Yet another source for
fillings using this pricking is "Decorative Fillings for Bucks Point Lace" by
Geraldine Stott. I bought my copy in 1996, and as it has no ISBN, it may have
been privately printed and now difficult to acquire. Anyway, in addition to
the cord filling, which seems to be what the pattern drafter intended, it has a
couple based on wholestitch blocks, but possibly something more of interest to
David, honeycomb with tallies - and a variant without the tallies dedicated to
"those not wanting to do tallies!!" Very typical of Geraldine, and the good
old Bucks tradition, to add a few new tweaks that might appeal to today's
lacemakers. The other one is the second of her whole stitch block versions,
which she calls "Bias ground 11", page 62 in her Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches,
which is less heavy than the traditional one, and would look good in a flower
centre, like a checquer-board pattern, but with whole
stitch, not tallies.
Looking at the samples on Joyce's website, I was fascinated by the corner of
the old sample, where an area of point ground went round the corner, without
the usual glitches, which do show a little on the modern pieces. How was this
achieved??? Or is it just the angle of the ground making them less noticable?
The print-out I can get hasn't enough detail for me to work this out, and
though it's clearer on screen, not quite clear enough. Also, it's interesting
to see cloth go straight into ground without a gimp, to good effect. Nice to
see the old Toender with the successful exuberance of some old Bucks - rules,
what rules?
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