Re: [lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread Barron
So here goes a question: What do you call a ground which is constructed as follows: Whole Stitch (CTCT, or TCTC), Pin, Whole Stitch? Hi Tamara, I was taught - by an English Lacemaker in Scotland - that this stitch is whole stitch and twist, I've also heard it called double stitch jenny in a

Re: [lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Tamara I avoid the term whole stitch for that very reason! When I was first taught BL the CTC bandage was whole stitch but when it came to making diamond blocks of CTC they were linen stitch whilst the same block worked CT was half stitch. With torchon ground it was either CT pin CT

[lace] Re: Christmas card

2007-12-16 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Everybody, I got mine yesterday too. Thank you Barbara. Mine is a double one, in front ther is a beautiful painting with an embroidered tree, very lovely. And inside is a lace-star in a golden circle. And that's amusing you will here why when Barbara got my card. Greetings Ilske in

Re: [lace] Judging criteria

2007-12-16 Thread Ilske Thomsen
In my opinion a piece for competition should never been framed. It should be to see from all sides. Ilske Vis a vis framing, some people think that pieces submitted to the fair should be in such a condition that the judge should be able to examine the back to see if the joining is really

Re: [lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Tamara, yes, that's the old question, I know ir and in each class in the US or Australia we discuss it. In Germany we have three ground stitches, half stitch - Halbschlag CT, linnen stitch - LeinenschlagCTC and Ganzschlag sometimes as whole stitch and sometimes as linnen stitch plus

Re: [lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread Malvary J Cole
It is a problem with many books and you need to check out what is being described as cloth stitch and whole stitch (or cs + twist or ws + twist). When we first re-started the Canadian Lacemaker Gazette with the Ottawa Lace Guild there was a lot of discussion on this topic and how we were going

Re: [lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread bevw
On Dec 15, 2007 9:20 PM, Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So here goes a question: What do you call a ground which is constructed as follows: Whole Stitch (CTCT, or TCTC), Pin, Whole Stitch... I call it CTCT, pin, CTCT ground ... ;) At Canadian Lacemaker Gazette on page 3 of

Re: [lace] Buddy map

2007-12-16 Thread Joy Beeson
On 12/11/07 4:03 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: Is there a way of positioning yourself correctly in the right area of a town on the satellite map, where I can zoom in on my house? I was *gratified* to find that my arrow put me away out in the bike trails, so that only you guys could zoom in on my

Re: [lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread robinlace
I was taught that that was whole stitch ground. Robin P. Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So here goes a question: What do you call a ground which is constructed as follows: Whole Stitch (CTCT, or TCTC), Pin, Whole Stitch? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread Adele Shaak
Tamara wrote: So here goes a question: What do you call a ground which is constructed as follows: Whole Stitch (CTCT, or TCTC), Pin, Whole Stitch... And Bev replied: I call it CTCT, pin, CTCT ground ... ;)\ I'm with Bev. And I've had at least one teacher who also describes her

Re: [lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread Sue Babbs
- Original Message - From: Adele Shaak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tamara wrote: So here goes a question: What do you call a ground which is constructed as follows: Whole Stitch (CTCT, or TCTC), Pin, Whole Stitch... And Bev replied: I call it CTCT, pin, CTCT ground ... ;)\ I'm with

[lace] Re: Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Gentle Spiders, First, a big thank you to everyone who responded -- on list and privately. Obviously, I should have avoided using the term whole stitch and stuck simply to the description of the ground: CTCT, p, CTCT. I'm very much aware of the reigning confusion regarding that stitch (CTCT)

[lace-chat] David's lace fungus

2007-12-16 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I've been watching episodes of the latest Planet Earth series - narrated by Sigourney Weaver in the US, I think it's David Attenborough in the UK. Anyway, I just saw the episode on the jungle and there was David's fungus that he translated to a drawing and a lace cover for the, h,