Sue found a lot of things on that stand... thread, beads... she was very
tempted, and probably needs to borrow Tamara's snake....
Happy birthday Sue!
The idea that I have been planning to turn into a pattern one day is the
photo I took of the stained glass window next to the back door at The
Hollies - and I'm sure I'm not the only one! I'm also (very long term)
working a Honiton piece of a basket of flowers using one of Ann Orr's
"prick and pounce" quilting patterns for the pricking - these have the
pinhole spacing right to start with!
For me, I think the most challenging piece I have done is Marguerite,
the mat I designed and went into Lace a few issues ago - and the piece
on my roller pillow at the moment - both concentrating on the technique
of working three overlapping gimp rings with only one pair of gimp
threads - it is possible (I have done it many times now), but finding a
consistent way of doing it and drawing out the thread path for others
"loopy" enough to follow is proving very challenging. (This requires
very loopy gimps!).
Other than that, the piece of unfinished needlelace that Mom was working
on (she died nearly two years ago) - what was she planning to do where,
and which of the two thickness' of thread she was using were to go
where? I'm not even sure if the pattern was a published one or one she
had drawn out herself.
My favourite pattern - I'm not sure I have one - possibly Giles (my dog
bookmark), probably my butterfly bookmark, definitely my Castle Class
Loco and Tender (Branscombe point) - but that is because it is railway
related and I like steam trains!
There are also many amongst the Retournac patterns that I like, but
haven't enough hours in a day (especially now I'm working two days a
week again!).
In message <[email protected]>, Sue
Duckles <[email protected]> writes
I was dared to say this.... by Jane!!
Morning fellow Arachneans. My new favourite pattern hasn't been
converted into a pricking yet.... I found it yesterday.... at a
papercraft show!! Jane and I were demonstrating bobbin lace along
with Anne from the guild of needlelaces.
What did I find?? A beautiful peacock in, of all things, a Parchment
Craft Magazine!
Anyone got a better one??
Sue in Ey
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Jane Partridge
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