Hello Achim! That's a delightful piece! Hope you have fun with it!
The ground is Paris ground. Everything is worked as CTCT. It is worked on the diagonal, and once you get a diagonal line started, it is best to continue to work in that same direction, because you will be able to see where you changed direction because of the tension. And each pin hole is there for a purpose. None are left out. In some patterns, there are no pins in the Paris ground and it is up to the skill of the lacemaker to make it even and pretty.
Assuming you're working from the right top to the left bottom, you start with two pairs at the top. Work those pairs CTCT, and put a pin between the two pairs. Then take the RIGHT pair and work CTCT with a new pair to the right of the pair just worked. No pin. Move to the next two pairs to the left (and down), and work CTCT, put up a pin between them, then take the RIGHT pair and work CTCT with the LEFT pair of the previous pair above. No pin. Continue in this manner until you can't go any further.
Of course, in your work you may find that going left top to right bottom is better, and there is absolutely no difference in the method. Whichever suits you better and suits the design better.
I've been looking through my books for a description of this ground, and at first glance, have not found anything. I'll keep looking, and let you know what I find. Meanwhile, this is not a difficult ground to work... but it does require attention to the tensioning, or things can be very uneven and not pretty.
Clay On 8/20/2011 8:47 AM, Achim Siebert wrote:
I'm about to work dragon no. 4 from Ulrike Löhr's book (or rather sheet collection) "Hausdrachen". But I can't figure out how exactly the ground is worked - the one shown in the photos doesn't match the pricking (I'd think some of the points must be left out when doing that ground). It looks like honeycomb net, but with just one twist instead of the two twists in honeycomb. I already searched through Cook/Stott's Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches but couldn't find a match. Here's scans of the ground and a part of the edge of the pricking: http://gallery.me.com/achims63#100081 Any help as to what that ground is called and how to work it are highly appreciated! Best, Achim. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
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