Hi Martina, There are a few names for this fan - it depends a little on where in the world you are. In Australia, we call it a "fishtail fan", but lacemakers who learned to make lace in the UK generally have no idea what we mean by that term - they are more likely to call it a "fir tree fan" or "Spanish fan". It is also called an "open fan" (translation from the Dutch "open waaier"), "twisted Torchon fan" or simply "cloth stitch and twist fan". What I would really like to know is what other English-speaking lacemakers call this fan (with the 2 rows of pinholes down the middle and usually worked in double stitch/cloth-stitch-and-twist/whole stitch - depending on what the local term for the stitch made by CROSS-TWIST-CROSS-TWIST) if it doesn't have the central "spine" or "tree trunk". It is called the equivalent of "closed fan" in some languages.
I'm not sure about the second pattern feature you mention (maybe you could e-mail me an illustration). If you mean the same sort of fan, but much longer, it is called a "feather fan" in the UK and an "extended fan" in Australia! Australia suffers from a degree of "founder effect" with our lacemaking terminology, because in the 1970's we had only a handful of teachers, most of whom had learned bobbin lacemaking in the UK, and the whole country ended up using terminology that may not have been in widespread use in the UK - just in the areas or by the teachers our few founders encountered. These terms became entrenched in our Proficiency Assessment scheme and are in general use here. Christine Johnson (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> I enjoy your discussion about Torchon. I started learing bobbin lace mainly doing tape lace. I am working on a roller pillow and I have done some Torchon by now. Now I am looking for some vocabulary: Is there an own expression for a fan if you go all the way down through the center to a pin picking up each thread on the way down and leaving them back to the headside. (in German we call it "Mittelrippe" central rib). How do you call the ornament which is a fan which winds its way further out of the footside. If you need an illustration I can send you them. Thank you for your help. Martina in Germany >>>>> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
