I also attended this lace day, but only briefly. Bought lots of books, and discovered a few more I really HAVE TO BUY.
But in a way the best part was Kenn Van Dieren's torchon notebook. He has been working through the IOLI (?) course on advanced torchon. I'm not sure if it is specifically torchon design or technical knowledge plus design. Anyway the course list of tasks apparently has all sorts of unusual (or perhaps just not very common) motifs that may occur in torchon, which the student has to demonstrate proficiency about. What was fantastic is his notebook of samples: patterns he has designed following the syllabus or tasks list. I saw a marvelous group of really interesting patterns with motifs and parts I don't think I've ever seen before. (Kenn, I hope you are reading this.) I hope he publishes his patterns from this group some day soon. They really deserve to be seen. Not at all typical torchon and very very interesting. Lorelei Halley - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
