Gorgeous fan! Great job, Mark. But those are Brabants, not honeycomb. True
honeycomb is CTT pin CTT at each of 6 pins in a hexagon/ring. Brabants rings
are torchon ground (CT pin CT) but with one pinhole in the middle missing.
With honeycomb rings, a single ring uses 6 pinholes:
Hi all,
Since I am young in my bobbin lacemaking career(5 years), I am unfamiliar
with a lot of the terminology like honeycomb. Is there a picture somewhere
online that you could show me some of these stitches you have been talking
about? I tried a google image search and didn't come up with
, aka Tatman
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Hi all,
Since I am young in my bobbin lacemaking career(5 years), I am unfamiliar
with a lot of the terminology like honeycomb. Is there a picture somewhere
online that you could show me some
Jenny,
Thanks for that link. I keep forgetting that Jo has this informative site.
It explains it really well.
After viewing some pieces that some have emailed me to show as examples of
honeycomb ground I think I may have worked itwithout knowing! I made
this Christine Springett fan two
The honeycomb stitch is the stitch used in the oval rings running down
the center of the fan. However, in Bucks, the stitch would have two
twists before and after each pin used in the honeycomb design. It looks
like there is one stitch used in the fan. Also, with a different angle,
the
I, too, really like honeycomb. It's my favorite part of point ground designs.
I'm also very fond of brabant ground, which is sort of the torchon equivalent
of honeycomb.
But I'm also very fond of half stitch. I love the way it looks as you go from
wide to narrow, or work around a curve.
My favourite Ground is rose ground. Looking down on it reminds me of a
diamond seen from above as in a ring!!
Ann in Brisbane Oz
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