"Ruusuja Nyplaten" (Roses in Bobbin Lace) by Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti has been a favorite book of mine. Eeva-Liisa is a designer from Finland. She has a style of her own. Skills needed are basic Torchon and an open mind. In some of her patterns, the thread pathways sometimes do not follow traditional Torchon rules. She bends the rules as well as the threads to get the desired result.
A past discussion of her lace style resulted in the Arachne group pronouncing it "Kortelahti" rather than forcing it into any of the traditional styles. Anyway..... "Roses" has a lot of patterns with roses and leaves as the design element. There are edgings for square, round, hexagonal and oval doiles, several oval mats, collars, necklaces and earrings, bracelets, pocket trimmings, and what she calls 'Knick-knack'. Those are 3-D figures of birds, angels and (of course) roses. The back of the book has a bride and groom, and a series of square pictures (cars, flowers, wheat, religious). The book was published in 1993 and 1994. If you don't have a copy, watch for one used at a reasonable price. The original sold for $40. The few I saw right now on line wanted 50-60-70-up. That's too much. If you have a chance to get one, do so. The patterns are interesting and workable by advanced beginners. The book has only the picture and the pricking. You have to have enough basic knowledge to follow the lines on your own. Alice in Oregon -- where I'm supposed to be packing for a sewing retreat weekend. I leave in one hour. <G> ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: post to Arachne <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:21:54 PM Subject: [lace] Roses in Bobbin Lace Since it is a favorite book, can you tell me more about "Roses in Bobbin Lace" by Eva-Lisa Kortelaht? I love roses and wondered if you could tell me more about it. I assume it is out of print, but what technique/s, lots of pages, & prickings, is it spectacular?!? ;-) Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
