[lace] s'gravenmoer half stitch ?
I recently downloaded a picture of of what looked like a simple Torchon bookmark from Pinterest. I thought I could play with it and make a pricking from the photo. I did that, trued it, and was ready to go. What it consists of is five large hearts filled with half stitch, outlined with gimp. The edges are fans, mostly cloth stitch but shaped also like hearts. The inside points of the fans meet the bottom tips of the hearts. Simple design really but... I started to wonder how on earth did the lacer fill those hearts with half stitch? The only answer could be it was done in the s'Gravenmoer style, diagonally. I cannot get any information (that I can understand) on how to do this. Can anyone explain this to me in plain English please:) I'm just about wearing out the thread trying variations and retro lacing :( Sharon on Vancouver Island - 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] s'Gravenmoer
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:02:30 -0700, Bev wrote: I looked up the pattern, haven't made this one, but I note that the thinner thread is metallic vs. the thicker plain thread. I think the contrast will be just as effective with a lighter colour; either use a textural difference in the two, as well as size, or go for a metallic and a solid. Certainly worth trying - display it against a dark background. The example in the book is black against white background, and now that I think of it, it is difficult to see detail on black textiles, compared to the lighter ones. IOW I think you're on the right track. Thanks for the reassurance. I am going to ransack my stash for a metallic and a plain cotton in similar colours. If the colours were too different then the creativity of the pattern creating light and shade through the thread weights would be lost. -- On the other hand, you have different fingers. Stephen Wright Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] s'Gravenmoer
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:26:31 +0200, you wrote: Hello Steph, hello dear Arachneans, which course in Germany will you take? I am just curious. I won't do any more courses this year. A week with Inge Theuerkauf at Bad Laer in the Teutoberger Wald - north west Germany, not far from the Netherlands border. A week of lace from breakfast till midnight, and for me also my annual immersion course in German. Funny how many swear words can be learnt in a lace class ;-) -- Error:015: Unable to exit Windows. Try the door. Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace stitching page http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] s'Gravenmoer
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:41:36 -0700, Robin P wrote: At the museum where I used to work, the real-old-timers (30 years or more seniority) called themselves the Gray-hairs. I know T doesn't have any, but I do. How about you, David and Bev? Of course, given our respective nationalities, I suppose we can also argue over whether it's the grey-hairs I've been on arachne since the year it started. Dowager sounds dreadful and hair colours however you spell it isn't great - do I really have to admit that my brown is now fake? Anyway, on to things lace. I'm off to Germany in about a month's time for a course. Looking around for something that would be a bit of a challenge, but not being willing to embark on a large everlasting project, I found the LOKK book about s'Gravenmoer. This has both traditional patterns and some new ones, using interesting threads. Has anyone made the pattern on page 127 called Changeant? It uses a thin and thick black thread in the s'Gravenmoer half stitch and has a light and dark effect depending on which thread is the worker in different areas. I want to make it because the effect is really interesting. I'd like to use a different colour though, and I'm wondering if the effect would be less pronounced in a lighter colour. -- Error:015: Unable to exit Windows. Try the door. Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace stitching page http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] s'Gravenmoer
Hello Steph, hello dear Arachneans, which course in Germany will you take? I am just curious. I won't do any more courses this year. Just popping up to say, that the first patchwork-course I taught finished this week. 4 ladies sewed pillows in the Logcabin pattern. Last friday finally I started teaching bobbin lace. 2 ladies started learning bobbin lace from scratch. Another lady joined. She had taken me to bobbin lace courses when I was a beginner. Due to her growing family (3 young children) she did not get round to do a lot. Now it is great to have her in my group. We decided to meet in my living room as long as it is only a few ladies. Today I started on a small pattern myself again, just to have some small motives to sew on patchwork postcards. Have a nice weekend and greetings from the South of Germany, Martina Steph wrote: Anyway, on to things lace. I'm off to Germany in about a month's time for a course. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] s'Gravenmoer
Hi everyone and Steph On 10/22/05, Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: new ones, using interesting threads. Has anyone made the pattern on page 127 called Changeant? It uses a thin and thick black thread in the s'Gravenmoer half stitch and has a light and dark effect I'd like to use a different colour though, and I'm wondering if the effect would be less pronounced in a lighter colour. I looked up the pattern, haven't made this one, but I note that the thinner thread is metallic vs. the thicker plain thread. I think the contrast will be just as effective with a lighter colour; either use a textural difference in the two, as well as size, or go for a metallic and a solid. Certainly worth trying - display it against a dark background. The example in the book is black against white background, and now that I think of it, it is difficult to see detail on black textiles, compared to the lighter ones. IOW I think you're on the right track. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
