I very much agree with Jean. Because it is so regular and precise it
*has* to be worked well to look good.
However, Torchon is also very versatile. Not only can it be worked on
any scale from the finest of threads up to thick ropes for giant
outdoor hangings, but because of the regularity there is a lot of
possibility for using colour in a controlled way, as well as the
multi-coloured random torchon popular for scarves etc.
Also the patterns/grids can be bent and stretched with computer
software and the lace made from those patterns will still look good,
which is not always the case for other grid based laces.
To me it's the Queen of laces, and very much *not* inferior.
Brenda
On 4 May 2008, at 08:30, Jean Nathan wrote:
Torchon is very precise, so unlike some of the other laces, you can't
get away with mistakes as they stick out like a sore thumb. So in some
ways it's a more difficult lace to make than many others.
I learned so much about how lace is constructed doing the UK Lace
Guild Assessments in Torchon. I completed Elementary and Intermediate,
but only worked through the Advanced so I could understand it, and now
I'm very critical of what I do. I didn't think my finished pieces were
good enough to submit for the advanced assessment.
I really object when people say that it's an inferior lace.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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