Dear Spiders, Way back in my early lacemaking days (10-15 years ago!) I found a large scale honiton pattern of a rose flower from Lacis. It came as a kit with heavy cotton thread (in an ugly pink color!) After I made it the first time I made a second one using red cotton knitting yarn from the dollar bin at the craft shop and designed a stem and two leaves in honiton to match the scale. Made the leaves and stem using two colors of embroidery floss used "as is" from the skein. I then appliqued the entire business onto a black tee shirt. I always hand wash it in cold water and line dry it. I now have it on it's second teeshirt having outgrown the first one! When I took the lace off the original shirt, it had left a dark pattern on the now faded shirt. Someone at the second hand store got a nice shirt with an unusual design! Don't know if Lacis still has the kit but it is a nice pattern in which to learn the lace stitches, how to do sewings and work gimp in the honiton style. Much easier to do than in the real scale of honiton lace!
Trish, from Scott Depot, WV where it is alternately sunny & rainy with hale storms expected tomorrow! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
