Hello Lyn and everyone I think you've made a good start on the list of rules or tendencies ;)
I would say 'almost always' two pair between pins at the ring pair business around a motif - as soon as one says 'always' up pops an exception. I soon learned this one by experience: "Count your pairs carefully, you'll find mistakes sooner" and/or prevent them! When you say decreases, you do mean as pairs leave a motif (e.g. as the motif narrows) to enter the ground? But not throwing out of pairs. Is that the term Barbara uses? I think of the narrowing as taking the two passive pairs nearest the inside border pair of the motif, pinch these pairs in CTC and first work the one that is outgoing, then move the new weaver across the row to its destination. Then tension both pairs in their new positions. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Lyn Bailey <[email protected]>wrote: > > there. The only criticism I have of the book is that I think there needs > to > be a set of written rules for Flanders, like virtually always 2 pair > between > pins, count your pairs carefully, you'll find mistakes sooner. Lift the > left > over gimp, that sort of thing. Flanders is such a regulated lace, so > sensible, when you need a pin, you find the hole for it right there to pull > against. Except for decreases. Learning rules is ultimately a good thing > for > lace, and I think a page of such rules would go a long way to help > lacemakers > who carry on without teachers. But I dont know of any books offhand that > have such a thing. > > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/albums/most-recent
