Jean, Thanks for posting about your study on beds lace. I am presently working on a design taken from a Thomas Lester lappet that has been adapted by Holly Van Sciver and enjoying every minute of it. I started at convention this summer and as the pattern had not been worked before I did not have much to go on. At one point, Holly asked why I had not twisted the worker going around the gimp on the inside of an leaf before exiting the leaf. The leaf looks like an oak leaf shape to me. I replied that I liked the solid look of the cloth stitch next to the gimp. When we checked an enlargement of the original lappet the lacemaker back then had twisted on some leaves and not on others. I am playing it by ear and as the pins are coming out at the top for reuse further down, I am liking what I can see, and if I am happy, I don't care about anyone else's opinion. I feel like I am in a race to get down to the bottom just so I can see the lace finished. I can't imagine making something like this for employment and I am using thicker thread than they used. I have over 2,000 pins in the piece. I know that because I had to keep going back to Hancocks for more. I promise to post it somewhere when it is done so you can all be critics.
It will be put aside while I make a robin or two. For those who are not familiar with the British robin, you can see a picture here http://aipetcher.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/british-birds-the-robin/ The US robin is more like a British starling but has a speckly red breast instead of solid color. I miss seeing our little robin. I guess it must have been my favorite bird as we called our son Robin. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
