Hi Everybody: > Are there any working diagrams for the patterns in the book or, is it mostly > just a book of prickings with a > picture of the finished lace
I got my book on Friday and was agreeably surprised by how nice it is, and how big (it's A4 size, about 8-1/4" x 12" - somehow I was expecting it to be half that). But, it is a book for confident lacemakers - you get a pricking and a photo of the lace with a corner and several repeats. Sometimes you get comments or further description, but there are no thread diagrams and very few further instructions, like which thread to use or estimates of number of pairs of bobbins, etc. I took a couple of courses this year and in both of them the teachers mentioned that they wished more of us would gain the confidence to make lace without thread diagrams. I often use thread diagrams myself and certainly couldn't make Old Flanders without them - but I wish I could, and I plan to go back to some easier patterns and try. Doing Floral Bucks without thread diagrams is certainly a challenge for many of us, but the old patterns didn't use them and I think it a worthwhile goal to learn how to make lace without that crutch. I am happy to have the book; I think it's worth the price just as an addition to my pattern library, even if I never get around to making most of the patterns. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
