Hi Arachnids
I was told back when the revival was just starting, that torchon was made
right side uppermost and when a spider is well made it should stand up in the
centre. If you look sideways on to the lace spiders, gimps etc. stand up proud
and add life to the lace, the side against the pillow
In researching material for a workshop on torchon spiders for our guild, I came
across Gertrude Whiting's directions for Plain Torchon Spiders, for what is
elsewhere described as(three-legged or two-legged) spider ground or spider
filling. Pins are used in the center of the spider bodies only.
Good to know flat spiders preferred. Can anyone remind me how not to have pin
mark in center? Thanks
Sue M
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In researching material for a workshop on torchon spiders for our guild, I
came across Gertrude
Bespokethreadsandyarns bespokethreadsandya...@gmail.com wrote:
Good to know flat spiders preferred. Can anyone remind me how not to have pin
mark in center? Thanks
I was taught (and not by Tamara) to flatten the spiders, too. But for me,
flattening and removing the pinhole are the same
Congrats, Susan! Moving lace up on a pattern is very survivable. I'm proud of
you.
As to spiders... the basic one is easy to learn and remember. Maybe even a
variation or two, but I would also have the directions with me if I were
alternating a number of different ones. And, yes, there are
Hello All! No pictures yet, but I'm celebrating a TA DA moment! My spider
bookmark pattern became a belt by repeating the 8 different spider motifs 5
times. I still can't believe that I moved the strip several times lived to
tell the tale! Unfortunately after all that practice, I still
Hello Susan and everyone
Excellent belt idea!
For remembering the how-to it might help to think of the bobbin lace
element 'spider' as what it really is, a type of crossing.
In half a spider, the pairs have crossed each other and are on different
sides than when they started. In a complete
Dear Arachnids
The straight laces are generally made 'right side' uppermost. When you look
sideways at the top of a newly made piece just after it has come off the
pillow you will see a lot of ripples and raised points, such as spider
centres, that add texture. Turn it over and look at the
Wendy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When making spiders or any other stitch that needs a pin to hold the position
when do I know when to take the pin out to make it flatter.
I do the row of pinholes surrounding the spider (including the bottom-center
one), then stop, pull the pin, and
Hi All
I am now well into my christmas card making and was just working on one with
spiders when this question came to mind.
When making spiders or any other stitch that needs a pin to hold the position
when do I know when to take the pin out to make it flatter. I just tried it on
the last one
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When making spiders or any other stitch that needs a pin to hold the position
when do I know when to take the pin out to make it flatter.
If working a spider surrounded by ground stitches, then I always use the
centre pin to
Aurelia mentioned working on Christine Springett's hanky edging of spiders and
roseground. If you want to see a photo of it, go to
www.lacemakersofillinois.org , click on gallery and go to Jane. cream and
yellow edging is the pattern. It was made for a favorite cousin's daughter's
wedding in
Robin wrote;
By putting a pin at the
center, you can tension your pairs around it, which pushes the body
stitches upward against the twists of the legs. If this doesn't do the
trick, then maybe you're putting too many twists on each leg before
reaching the body
For plain whole stitch or half
although I wish I could afford to take a class to get some tricks on how to
do spiders, mine tend to go pear shaped, raindrop shaped or lopsided ;-p
Tania (Denmark)
I enjoy working spiders and spider ground, and have therefore included a lot
of them in my work. Over time I have found ways
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 2:07 PM
Subject: [lace] Spiders
although I wish I could afford to take a class to get some tricks on how
to do spiders, mine tend to go pear shaped, raindrop shaped or lopsided
;-p
Tania (Denmark)
I enjoy working spiders and spider ground, and have therefore
, wet Wales
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Subject: [lace] Spiders
although I wish I could afford to take a class to get some tricks on how
to do spiders, mine tend to go pear shaped, raindrop shaped
I was always taught to leave in that pin, but the spiders are much nicer
when I remove it. Sometimes going against the rules works :)
Sue Babbs
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As well as taking out the pin it helps you not have the central 'volcano' (as
someone else described it!) if you spread the pairs well to the sides as you
pull up the first half of the spider. This gives them room to lie flat. If
you pull them all towards you then you are encouraging
I have just returned home after a week at my daughters house and my Avon lady
has left me the latest catalogue, on page 130 what do I find - a lovely
spider brooch, it is silver plated and set with sparkly stones I am ordering
it straight away.
Happy lacing
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
Not
Hi Spiders!
I was lucky enough to have a week off at Christmas and a low-key social
calendar. So I finished a couple of long term UFOs.
I have been laboring on interpreting a 16th Century Needle Lace pattern in
Tatting. This particular pattern was composed of simply the cordonnet in
little
there is a great booklet published by Julie Hendrick, A Study of
Torchon Spiders with oodles of 4, 6, 8 and 10 pair spiders/crossings as
well as10 patterns for edgings.
Usual disclaimers - more info here:
http://members.aol.com/catchpin/home.html
I'm glad to see she's republished it
:(
Hi Mary and all
Just a note - visually they are spiders, technically they are crossings -
the lesson 4 in the TWB gives 4 methods of crossing 6 pairs.
If you find you actually do like spiders - the bobbin lace variety! -
there is a great booklet published by Julie Hendrick, A Study of Torchon
On Apr 25, 2004, at 19:28, Bev Walker wrote:
If you find you actually do like spiders - the bobbin lace variety! -
there is a great booklet published by Julie Hendrick, A Study of
Torchon
Spiders with oodles of 4, 6, 8 and 10 pair spiders/crossings as well
as
10 patterns for edgings.
Usual
Hi everyone
I love the idea of untwisted spider legs. I have a few here and there in
my samples. If I notice too long after the fact, I go 'tsk' and carry on -
it is my tribute to being handmade - if you deliberately leave them
untwisted - by accident then design, or purely by design, some might
Someone once told me that a mistake is a pattern, or something along that line.
Interesting thought, and I never forgot it.
Last week I was making yet another bookmark, and accidentally forgot to twist the
legs of the first spider. Rather than take it out (the work of a whole minute and a
Yes, I'll put my hands up for that! I was making a large circular edging
(Bucks) when I realised that I'd missed some nuance of the pattern repeat. I
quickly counted how many pattern repeats there were round the circle, and
decided that, if I repeated my mistake every third repeat, it'd look
Ok ya'll,
If I can ever get to the point of making something big enough that has
repeats I will be exstatic. :)
Lynn
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will be a whopping 28b.
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Lynn, you *will* get there, I can assure you!! You'll even get to the stage
where you can listen to the television (I maintain that any craftsperson only
listens, not watches television!) whilst you make lace! Now *that* was
something I never thought I'd master! Just keep practicing!
This reminds me of advice I used to get from music
teachers... when performing, if you make a mistake, then
make it consistently and most people will never hear it.
Clay
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Someone once told me that a mistake is a pattern, or
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