[lace] Re: spiders in lace
I thought Torchon was worked face up, but I work most other laces face down as there if often a need to end a portion of the lace before starting another section, such as in Milanese.  I find that my laces that are face down have a flat look to them when turned over, such as Russian tape lace with the chevron gimp.  The clue is in the pricking and the photo of the lace if the lace is reversed in the photo.  That is often not the case in Torchon where the lace is the same front or back, as in a bookmark, unless there is a headside and a footsie. I just started a class in Binche with Kumiko Nakazaki and realized it was face down. Great class and Kumiko even serenaded us with her violin before class.Janice I was always taught that Torchon is worked wrong side up, if this is the case then presumably the raised bit needs to be pushed down when the lace is taken off the pillow, or any ends (from joining new threads in) sewn through when the lace is taken off the pillow. Jane Partridge  Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego www.jblace.com www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Re: spiders in lace
Remove the centre pin and use it as the pin that is directly below centre, (if you've got ground pins surrounding the spider) and tension carefully at this point. If you wait till you are further on and taking the pins out you won't be able to tension out the hole. Jane Partridge On 2 Aug 2015, at 03:46, Bespokethreadsandyarns bespokethreadsandya...@gmail.com wrote: Good to know flat spiders preferred. Can anyone remind me how not to have pin mark in center? Thanks Sue M - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Re: spiders in lace
I was always taught that Torchon is worked wrong side up, if this is the case then presumably the raised bit needs to be pushed down when the lace is taken off the pillow, or any ends (from joining new threads in) sewn through when the lace is taken off the pillow. Jane Partridge On 1 Aug 2015, at 16:31, d2one...@comcast.net wrote: In researching material for a workshop on torchon spiders for our guild, I came across Gertrude Whiting's directions for Plain Torchon Spiders. Pins are used in the center of the spider bodies only. These centers should be raised to give an arched effect Does anyone try for that raised effect in spider ground nowadays? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Re: spiders in lace
And, as Tamara was my first Guru of lacemaking, I was a solid 'flat' spider maker!!! Sent from my iPad On Aug 1, 2015, at 9:10 PM, Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net wrote: Not having read Whiting (at the time), I used to spend a lot of time making those spiders as flat as possible... On 1 Aug 2015, at 16:31, d2one...@comcast.net wrote: In researching material for a workshop on torchon spiders for our guild, I came across Gertrude Whiting's directions for Plain Torchon Spiders. Pins are used in the center of the spider bodies only. These centers should be raised to give an arched effect Does anyone try for that raised effect in spider ground nowadays? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Re: spiders in lace
Not having read Whiting (at the time), I used to spend a lot of time making those spiders as flat as possible... On 1 Aug 2015, at 16:31, d2one...@comcast.net wrote: In researching material for a workshop on torchon spiders for our guild, I came across Gertrude Whiting's directions for Plain Torchon Spiders. Pins are used in the center of the spider bodies only. These centers should be raised to give an arched effect Does anyone try for that raised effect in spider ground nowadays? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
