Dear Tamara, I am certainly willing to submit an article to the bulletin, if you think people might find it interesting. I make no promises at this point about exactly when, though.
My one hesitation is that, while I could fairly easily produce a pricking for a skewed-ground panel, I'm dubious about going back through and reconstructing the solutions to the problems the skewed ground presents at the edges, when connecting with the (top and bottom) cloth-stitch area and the (sides) braided edges. Frankly, I'm a little lazy. I didn't really think these issues out ahead of time, but simply solved them "ad hoc". Do you think it would be worth presenting without detailed instructions? Would it be acceptable if the article was essentially the text of the web page (I'd re-think it, naturally, with a printed version in mind.) Told you I was lazy! I've also been intending for the past year to write up an article about the lace crown I made for my daughter's wedding last May. Not as novel a project, except that she wanted the phases of the moon in it... For the crown, I don't really feel right about including a complete pattern, though, since all I really did was use one of the Retournac patterns and replace the ground area with the moon phases. The only original part of the pattern was the moons. And again, I don't have detailed instructions for them, I fiddled as I went, and I was in a hurry: although the crown was a popular success, my daughter is pleased as punch, and I won lots of ribbons at the fair--if I were to do it again I'd spend more time working out better solutions to some parts. So that limits its usefulness as an article, except as an example of adapting an existing pattern. But I still thought it might be nice to show it off. Love, Julie > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 22:16:53 -0400 > From: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [lace] Re: Lace Moire lamp > > On Apr 5, 2007, at 16:31, Julie Enevoldsen wrote: > > > It's true, that much roseground was pretty tedious. [...] > Pretty much > > any very regular ground should work--you wouldn't even necessarily > > have to use the same ground for both layers; different > geometries will > > produce different patterns [...] "Someday" I might fiddle > around with > > moire patterns with more complex grounds, which I prefer to work, > > anyway. > > Mmm... It wouldn't have to be a lamp-shade to show off the > moire effect of two layers made on different angles; any > light source would do. > Single-panel window decorations would do very nicely, without > giving you a 4-yr disgust of any particular ground :) > > I think the real "trick" in those lamp panels are the back > layers, since those are the ones which aren't > straightforward, but angled, yet have to fit in the same > space; you have intimated as much in your description of the project. > > > If anyone else explores along similar lines, I'd love to see the > > results! > > Any chance you would submit an article to the IOLI Bulletin > on the lamp project, and provide a pattern for (at least) one > "skewed" back-panel to get others started on thinking "that way"? > > Yeah, I know it's shameless begging but what else can a > BL-editor do, if she wants to fill the Bulletin with exciting > patterns, so that many and many are tempted to subscribe? I > "hit" people for (pattern/article) donations every time they > stick their designing necks out :) > > PS I don't think two panels of different grounds would give > quite the same effect as two panels of the same ground, with > one panel "tilted". > I've seen some lace structures where you -- sort-of -- saw > through two entirely different planes at once and they looked > messy rather than intriguing/enticing to me, unlike your lamp. > > - -- > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
