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Demonstrating
Subject: Re: [lace] Demonstrating
Hi Arachnids
The answer is simple. Knitting has only two basic stitches â?" plain and
purl
â?" and you can make all kinds of patterns and garments. Lacemaking is the
same, two basic stitches and they used in many different ways.
Alex
I use the same analogy myself for both bobbin and needlelace. It's just
like knitting or crochet in that there is just one basic stitch, a
buttonhole/blanket stitch for needlelace and either a plain ir purl stitch
for kntting - you knit into either the back or the front of it to give you a
plain or purl row. If you knit 2 sts together, you need to make a stitch in
the following row by either knitting into both the front and back of the
same stitch to increase, or you put the wool round the needle to increase,
each method gives a different appearance to the finished work. It's the
same with needlelace and crochet, in that you miss a loop, which results in
a gap between the loops, so one needs to maintain the original number of
stitches by working additional stitches into these long loops in the
following row - Simple!
Catherine Barley
Henley-on-Thames
UK
Who must get back to scanning her book for POD. I'm making progress and
it's going to happen, thanks to Alex and her printing company!
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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