Malvary Cole mentioned that many lacemakers in the US were attending the Finger Lakes Lace Guild's lace weekend. That includes me, and I wanted to report that it was GREAT! As is usual, I spent too much money--two books, and lots of linen and silk thread to make a scarf. All the classes were very good, per the reports I heard. I'm sure others can chime in about the ones they took, but I did a Bucks Point hexagon demonstrating an invisible start/finish, developed and taught by Holly Van Sciver. It really is invisible! The techniques that she has come up with take each pair in the ground that was just sewn in and work it through the next row of ground, so it looks like everything else because it is. There is a cool trick for anchoring a pair from the outside of a region of cloth stitch into the cloth stitch. And pairs from the headside make the last picots, get sewn into the figured part, and then go out to be anchored in the headside passives. Overall, the results are amazing.
In short, the weekend was great fun. But then, get that many lacemakers together and it's sure to be a blast! Nancy Neff Connecticut, USA - 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/
