In message <[email protected]>, sof <[email protected]> writes
In torchon lace, in english how do you call the "epingle close" ground,
please?
CTT pins CTT , brown color.
Thank you for your answer
I'll be interested to see what others come up with, too.
When I first started teaching, some fifteen or sixteen years ago, and
set up a sampler of the various ground stitches (using a different
colour thread on each pair, so as to show the effect of the stitch on
thread path) as an exercise for my students, I consulted several books
and dictionaries. The closest name I could find for this stitch when it
is worked on a regular torchon grid (as with Torchon Ground, CT p CT),
was Spanish Ground.
The stitch is used on a grid with alternate "gap rows" for honeycomb,
although I later learned that in Torchon the Dieppe Ground stitch (CT p
CTT) is used for honeycomb and the CTT p CTT stitch is used for
honeycomb stitches in Bucks Point - I think most of us use either or
both! Honeycomb as an all-over ground (rather than as small motifs
within a pattern) is what the dictionaries/books describe as either
Honeycomb Ground or Brabant Ground. (or should that be two 'b's in the
middle - with a cat on my lap it is difficult to check!).
So, I've always called it Spanish Ground, but I'm open to correction and
will be interested to hear what everyone else thinks.
--
Jane Partridge
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