I wrote to Linda yesterday and told her to post pictures to our page on
Ravelry. Well, of course that's not right! Our page is on Flickr. Sorry!
Be sure to keep us posted on your progress! And remember to post pictures of
your progress to our page on Ravelry!
Clay
Clay Blackwell
Linda Walton linda.wal...@cherryfield.me.uk wrote:
At first I thought I'd go back to where I began and work through the
exercises in torchon lace that I learned first, before I began to make
my favoutite Bucks.
I would suggest two options:
1. Start with a simple/beginner Bucks pattern
Hello Linda!
I am so glad to hear you are going to get back to your lace! My guess is that
you may feel that you have forgotten everything, but once you get back to it
you will remember more than you thought you might! So, go back to Torchon and
choose a pattern you enjoyed and see how you
For something different, what about trying Flanders with the possibility of
moving on to Binche. Not that I'm speaking from experience here - it's just a
suggestion. The fineness won't be a problem if you've done Bucks in the
past. Do let us know what you decide.
Hazel Smith (now in Hythe,
Hi LInda
My advice would be start with a small piece - bookmark maybe? - in a style and
difficulty level that you would have considered fairly average for you, just
to get back to the rhythm of moving the bobbins about, and to find that you
remember more than you think you do. Them make a
Dear Linda,
In May I attended a Workshop, Bucks but the suggestion would work for any
style, and Heather encouraged us to bring the working diagram (would work with
copy of pricking) of the piece we were working on copied A4 to A3 size and
come with coloured markers. We then traced the progress
For the last three years I've been studying hard, and have had to put
aside all hobbies to make enough time for it. (It being part-time
undergraduate art history at Oxford University). Now I'm very tired and
have decided to take a year out to rest and recover, and I'm really
looking forward
