Jeri I agree with you that Torchon is brilliant to demystify lace making. I am working in Finca 40 lemon thread on a 1/10 inch diagonal grid, using a wonderful pricking provide by Jo Edkins at http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/zigzag.htm that shows half stitch, cloth stitch, spiders, torchon ground, footside and fishtail fans. It is narrow enough with just 22 pairs to get an inch or more an hour done while talking !!! lol
Because each element is only a few bobbins wide it is easy to skip from one stitch (half stitch trail) to another (cloth stitch) etc so I can verbalise about the 'I just use 4 bobbins at a time with just 2 stitches.... cross, twist, cross, twist - see that 'weaves' the two threads on the right through the ones on the left...... the width of the lace decides how many bobbins I need.... add a twist to go around the pin .... etc. I LOVE DEMONSTATING and thank Jo Edkins for the pattern that is PERFECT for what I do. Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
