It's not so much the pattern that affects how a corner will lie, it's
the stitch combinations used to work up the patter that matters.
To prove this try working a torchon sample, with a 90 degree corner.
Work it once with the standard CTpCT ground and again with CTCTpCTCT.
Allow both samples to relax, lay them on a flat surface and measure the
angle of the corner. Almost certainly the angle of the CTCTpCTCT
sample will be smaller than the CTpCT sample, especially if the thread
used is a bit on the thick side for the pattern.
I saw this happen quite dramatically several years ago, a student had a
long-term project (between other pieces of lace) of making a table
cloth edging about 3 inches wide. Her working, and tension was good
but the finished lace was not. Although it laid flat each side curved
inwards to accommodate a corner angle considerably less than 90
degrees. After much thought we decided that it was because she had
worked CTCTpCTCT ground and also used a thread just a little bit too
thick for the pricking. When the pins, and therefore the tension, were
removed the lace spread out to it's 'natural' size. It probably shrank
widthways, but the extra length of a CTCTpCTCT stitch caused it to
*stretch* lengthways. If it had been just a straight length the change
in shape just wouldn't have been noticed.
Brenda
On 12 Jan 2007, at 01:55, Alice Howell wrote:
The amount of 'stretch' in a pattern and/or thread
could affect how much extra, added to the 90 degrees,
would be needed for a flat application. The Rauma
lace book used 3 degrees extra, but I can understand
that a different lace/pattern could take more. 103
degree corner would flatten out quite a bit of ruffle
when pulled in to 90 degrees on the fabric.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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