Re: [lace] Loopy scarf - was My lace
Yes, I agree with you - and Claire has found the product used http://www.cpu-enterprises.com/sirdar/loopa.htm also instructions at http://www.hcscrafts.co.uk/index.php?item=1749 Somehow I don't think it's really necessary to buy a fancy gadget, a piece of sturdy card or thick plastic cut to shape would work just as well - unless you already have a very wide hairpin. Brenda On 20 Jan 2010, at 05:13, Avital wrote: Definitely not hairpin. If it were hairpin lace, the central rib would be made of the same novelty yarn. I'm inclined to agree with Patty, who suggested that a novelty yarn was crocheted with a binder yarn (the smooth brown yarn) on a hairpin lace form. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Loopy scarf - was My lace
I'm working on a variety of torchon corners for Lace Guild Convention - and picking brains as to how a scarf was made. DD was given a scarf for Christmas, but it's really not her colour so she gave it to me at the weekend - and I wore it today. It was given to Lucy by a colleague. Apparently it was quick and easy to do and she just kept going until she'd made one for each of her workmates. Yesterday was our little lace group meeting, only four of us plus an unexpected visitor in the guise of Sue Dane who called in to return a couple of bags which had been borrowed for Knitting Stitching last year, and none of us are sure how it was made. It consists of four strands of novelty yarns (ribbon, boucle, slub and eyelash) somehow formed into loops about the width of three fingers and held together with a plain yarn which is either stitched or crocheted down the middle. Please have a look at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm On 19 Jan 2010, at 17:55, Alice Howell wrote: What lace have you recently started.finishedmade progress ongave away.put in an exhibit..etc. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Loopy scarf - was My lace
Both crochet and knitting have 'loop' stitches which show a similar effect to your scarf. That would be my guess, one of those - inclined to the knitting, looking at the shape of the stitches in the centre. Maybe it is a variation of 'broomstick lace.' On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote: Please have a look at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Loopy scarf - was My lace
Maybe a variation of hairpin lace? It looks somewhat like a basic strip of this, just with fancier thread than I have seen before. There are a couple of websites with fairly good pictures - e.g. http://www.crochetcabana.com/specialty/hairpin_lace.htm All of these that I've seen secure the middle with the same thread as the loops, but perhaps there is a variation that would allow different yarns to be used? Trudy in Colorado Please have a look at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Loopy scarf - was My lace
Definitely not hairpin. If it were hairpin lace, the central rib would be made of the same novelty yarn. I'm inclined to agree with Patty, who suggested that a novelty yarn was crocheted with a binder yarn (the smooth brown yarn) on a hairpin lace form. I used to make hairpin lace but found that counting the loops while making those long strips and all the joins when crochet or joining the strips was very tedious. It's a good way to make a little yarn go a long way but it really stretches. I made a shawl out of skein of chenille and it stretched so much that if I fold it in half it's about the right length to wear over my shoulders. ;-) Avital Maybe a variation of hairpin lace? It looks somewhat like a basic strip of this, just with - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
