Re: RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on
PS. They ALL relied on the simple buttonhole stitch, whether with or without the use of colour! Catherine Barley Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Original message >From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com Subject : Re: RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on Original message >From : devonth...@gmail.com Subject : RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on - Surely ALL needlelace is worked by the execution of the simple buttonhole stitch. if not, what other stich is used to work examples of Ros Hills, Contemporary needlelace, Bath's needlelace, or antique laces such as Point de Gaze, Hollie Point, Burano, Halas, Alencon, Youghal, Boris etc - they are all made with variations of either grouping, twisting, voiding etc on a simple Buttonhole stitch! Which stitch did Ros Hills, Jill Nordfors Clark and Virginia Churchill Bath use if wasn't the simple Buttonhole stitch I wonder? Catherine Barley - 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: RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on
Original message >From : devonth...@gmail.com Subject : RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on , whereas later books like Catherine Barleyâs 1993 and Pat Earnshawâs Needlelace, Merehurst Embroidery Skills book, 1992, relied more heavily, even in contemporary work, on the buttonhole stitch, be it corded, twisted, or multiply twisted. Devon - Surely ALL needlelace is worked by the execution of the simple buttonhole stitch. if not, what other stich is used to work examples of Ros Hills, Contemporary needlelace, Bath's needlelace, or antique laces such as Point de Gaze, Hollie Point, Burano, Halas, Alencon, Youghal, Boris etc - they are all made with variations of either grouping, twisting, voiding etc on a simple Buttonhole stitch! Which stitch did Ros Hills, Jill Nordfors Clark and Virginia Churchill Bath use if wasn't the simple Buttonhole stitch I wonder? Catherine Barley Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherine barley.com - 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] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s onwards
I’ve always understood that those patterns - very popular in medieval times - where there’s a matrix of diamond shapes, are called diaper patterns. So, a repeating shape, usually in a diamond form. I think the North American use of “diaper” for baby’s nappies comes from the traditional triangular shape of the pinned garment. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > I've not come across the word 'diaper' in this context before (I thought it > was a word used in the US for baby's nappies!), has it any other meanings? - 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] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on
Cynthia makes an interesting observation, that in 1974 needle lace was considered needle-work or embroidery. Do you think it would be an accurate observation that the early contemporary needle lace books from the 1970s, such as Jill Nordforsâs Needle Lace and Needle Weaving and Bathâs book, had more varied stitches, derived from embroidery, whereas later books like Catherine Barleyâs 1993 and Pat Earnshawâs Needlelace, Merehurst Embroidery Skills book, 1992, relied more heavily, even in contemporary work, on the buttonhole stitch, be it corded, twisted, or multiply twisted. Pattern was being achieved, as historically was the case, by making the buttonhole stitch in singles, or doubles and in pea stitch. Patterns, such as diaper patterns where the pattern was an outline of missing stitches forming a void were used. Solid areas with portes were also used. Perhaps this was a result of the continuing study of the techniques of historical laces where there was not such a large repertoire of different stitches. Perhaps these discoveries were then imported into contemporary needle lace. Devon - 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/
