Hello All this talk of teachers and working alone and trying to figure out how to do a piece by penciling in lines -- well, that is the way to learn how to design a particular form of bobbin lace.
I learned from Doris Southard's correspondence lessons and book. She presented all herl patterns on graph paper (photocopy machines were still hard to find and expensive, and enlarging photocopiers were just not available to the public). And I wanted to work some laces really large -- 10/2 linen. So I enlarged them on a different size of graph paper, and drew in all the lines showing where threads came from and where they go. In the process of doing that (initially to make sure I hadn't left out a dot or 2) I came to an understanding of why the pins in torchon were spaced the way they were, why the ground pins and clothwork pins had the spatial relationship to each other that they had. In other words copying those patterns and drawing in the lines taught me how to design torchon bobbin lace. The process is essentially the same with other styles. So, keep on making enlarged copies, and keep on drawing in the thread lines. And before next year comes, you will be designing. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
