Hi Sue, My Christmas card for the exchange this year uses Torchon ground but is on a 52 degree grid. I needed to work at that degree to get the correct shape for my design. I see nothing wrong in manipulating the grid if it improves the design.
I was also sorry to see the news about the Kantcentrum. I was lucky enough to visit them when I persuaded DH to do a side trip when we were on a business trip to Brussels. I also managed to buy a cookie pillow from the shop and get it back home on the airlines even though it would not fit in the overhead or under the seat. I remember on one of the flights home that I held it behind my legs in the seat, it was not obvious to the flight attendant as I covered my legs with the provided blanket. I also did not say it was full of "grass" when I went through customs. :-) Pity, I probably will never get back to Brugge again. Janice <I have been making lots of torchon lace since 2001, but whilst playing with the design program the other day I brought up a bauble pattern I had made up and then messed about changing the grid angle, just to see what would happen. I changed the grid size a couple of times, but found the 52 made a good visual change to the bauble, but if I made it like that it would still be better in torchon type stitches rather than the point ground (because of the stitches involved throughout). Do any of you construct torchon in any other than 45 degree angle, or does this then become wrong?> Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
