I decided not to join in the bookmark exchange this year as I was very busy
completing some lace I promised my sister over a year ago, now done and
ready to post:-) Also I wanted to knit this one cardigan/jacket in peach
which is about 2 thirds done now.
Have made Torchon, Bucks, Beds, 1 piece of Russian lace but want to do more
and 2 pieces of Milanese and again want to make more and two small samples
of Flanders but have never seemed to have time to carry on learning that
one. I have knitted since I was little and a friend and I learned to
crochet in the 70s. I did a number of lacy shawls in the 70s cardigans and
I once worked a very pretty lace babies dress in the very early 80's (just
because I wanted to do it) which won a 2nd place in a local craft show
before handing it over to my sister in law for her new baby daughter. I
would like to learn to do tambour lace as I now have the right things to try
it, I would like to try needle lace and I want to learn shuttle tatting to a
point of competency to make little motifs, also improving on my needle
tatting skills without having to struggle with every move but need more time
to spend just trying and working at it which seems to escape me at the
moment.
Sue T Dorset UK
At present I am making my bookmarks ready for the exchange but I am also
making the 'map of the world' from the Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti book 'let's
make bobbin lace'. I'm making it in black and intend to mount it on a
piece of fabric which I will paint in a wash of blue with hints of
browns/greens behind the land masses. It will hang alongside the two
world maps I have already (one in blackwork embroidery and the other
cross stitch).
As for other laces I make or have tried; Torchon, Honiton, Bedfordshire
(not keen), Bucks (I like), Russian tape lace (really enjoyed), a little
Withof (must try more), Bruges flower Lace, Hairpin lace, Needlelace,
Milanese, Miniature laces for my dolls houses and have dabbled with a
little designing. I like to knit and crochet and am very pleased that I
have at last mastered Tatting with the help of You-Tube and so at the
moment spend a fair bit of time practising my tatting techniques
especially trying to get uniform sized picots :-)
Hoping for warmer signs of Spring soon
Celia in SE London where it is cold and grey outside.
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