Re: RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on
PS. They ALL relied on the simple buttonhole stitch, whether with or without the use of colour! Catherine Barley Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Original message >From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com Subject : Re: RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on Original message >From : devonth...@gmail.com Subject : RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on - Surely ALL needlelace is worked by the execution of the simple buttonhole stitch. if not, what other stich is used to work examples of Ros Hills, Contemporary needlelace, Bath's needlelace, or antique laces such as Point de Gaze, Hollie Point, Burano, Halas, Alencon, Youghal, Boris etc - they are all made with variations of either grouping, twisting, voiding etc on a simple Buttonhole stitch! Which stitch did Ros Hills, Jill Nordfors Clark and Virginia Churchill Bath use if wasn't the simple Buttonhole stitch I wonder? Catherine Barley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on
Original message >From : devonth...@gmail.com Subject : RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on , whereas later books like Catherine Barleyâs 1993 and Pat Earnshawâs Needlelace, Merehurst Embroidery Skills book, 1992, relied more heavily, even in contemporary work, on the buttonhole stitch, be it corded, twisted, or multiply twisted. Devon - Surely ALL needlelace is worked by the execution of the simple buttonhole stitch. if not, what other stich is used to work examples of Ros Hills, Contemporary needlelace, Bath's needlelace, or antique laces such as Point de Gaze, Hollie Point, Burano, Halas, Alencon, Youghal, Boris etc - they are all made with variations of either grouping, twisting, voiding etc on a simple Buttonhole stitch! Which stitch did Ros Hills, Jill Nordfors Clark and Virginia Churchill Bath use if wasn't the simple Buttonhole stitch I wonder? Catherine Barley Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherine barley.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
