oh yeah.. the josephine knot is what the kids nowadays were using to make these pretty corded bracelets... and they were doing it free handed no shuttle what so ever... a young lady showed me how she did it some years back.. LOL and I cannot recall what she was calling this at that time. But I told her that was the Josephone Knot in Tatting... This cording you have I would love to see!!!!
Faye Hegener , really up late after my bedtime in Drumore, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: hottl...@neo.rr.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:37:01 PM Subject: [lace] more knotting & tatting? Hello All! Or should I say merci a tous?! Each respondent filled in part of a collaborative answer! Now I know why a tatting friend refers to some work as Josephine knots. The threadwork in the painting does look more like knots than rings/picots/whatever. Is it possible that the couched knotwork was a form of passementerie or used with crochet for insertions?? Sort of like coronation cord in the early 1900's?? (Yes, I have a stash of coronation cord & some vintage instructions to use it!) I will ask my friend "the Oracle" about knotting unless a "how to" answer appears on arachne first. Sounds like something fun & easy to try while showing off my lovely hands to their best. LOL Click--occasionally the light bulb goes on here!! Susan, recovering from being overheated & overworked in the garden. Erie is 88* & muggy in the midst of drought - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
