A few months ago I posted a link to a picture I found at the Cleveland Museum of Art that had incredible lace detail. The picture is Portrait of a Woman by Cornelis Janssen van Ceulen. (Google it and find the Wikimedia page...you'll be able to zoom in on the picture.) Thanks to the help of people on this list we figured out that the lace was probably Punto in Aria. I thought it would be nice to sit in the Museum, near her picture, and be able to make the same lace that she's wearing. So this past week, armed with print outs of the lace in various enlargements, I sat down with my compass, protractor, and graph paper and came up with a pattern for the two motifs in the center section of the collar. I'm working on the pattern for the edging now. The next step is to figure out how to set up the foundation threads...very steep learning curve here. I'm sure I'll be asking questions when the time comes....here and on the Needlelace Ning site. I had been thinking of wearing a costume, and having everything authentic. I read they used parchment as the base. Any ideas where I can find some heavy enough to use for this purpose? All I've been able to find is either the kind you cook with, or parchment paper for calligraphy. I'm enjoying this creative streak very much! Peg in Fairview Park OH...were it's a pleasantly cool summer evening...and night fell...thud...
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