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Katherine David
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Hello Ruth, and welcome to a wonderful way of passing time!
There are lots of wonderful patterns available online...a good place to start is by looking at the 25 motif challenge. You will meet other beginners, as well as more experienced tatters, an…
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- What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- I am interested in blackwork, tatting and bobbin lace making.
I love the historical aspect of textile decoration.
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- What skills I have were learned from books or the internet.
- Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??
- Although I have been living in France since 1989 I am English and most of the books I have used were English. I have visited Le Puy, and would be interested in meeting French lace makers.
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- At 10:20pm on September 24, 2009,
Bro. François Sainte-Marie said…
- Greetings,
Thank you! I would really appreciate being able to see a few pages...then I could starting looking for the book on Ebay like everyone else! Here is my e-mail:
fsaintemarie2001@yahoo.fr
I'll attempt to write to your email address...but you'll have mine, just in case.
If you come to Lourdes next year I WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU! I have been working in the Shrine for 15 years now. Blessings! Bro. François
- At 8:33pm on September 24, 2009,
Bro. François Sainte-Marie said…
- Dear Katherine,
Thank you so much for answering my message. What I am looking for is really something very basic, for beginners. I have written to the group of Lacemakers from the town where this lace originates and they told me that is passed on from one generation to the next and that the "patterns" where not on paper....but on tablecloths, and other pieces of work. Would you know how I could order a copy of the book that you mentioned? Thank you again for your help.
Bro. François
- At 9:07pm on August 29, 2009,
Karen W. Gronau said…
- Update: I got both blackwork pattern books and have been practicing it. I made several bookmarks and just finished two animals. I made a teddy bear in brown with a light green bow as a baby shower gift and a blackwork koala bear that still needs the baby's name and birthdate but it hasn't been born yet so... Once I know the name etc. I'll finish it and add a blue or pink bow depending...I plan to frame it in black. I posted pictures if you'd like to see them. Thank you again for recommending the books to me. They have been and will continue to be helpful.
- At 7:59am on May 21, 2009,
Karen W. Gronau said…
- Thanks for the blackwork pattern book ideas. I was able to order both from Amazon. Now, I have to patiently await their arrival. :-)
- At 7:09pm on March 19, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said… - Snowy
I do understand about doing so many different things all at once. Some day.
- At 6:53pm on March 19, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Snowy
Its me again. I just looked at your blog and much enjoyed seeing your tatting since January. The variegated threads you use make the piece so interesting. One of your photos has Beds bobbin lace plus 3 tatted bits. I really like the pattern on the one that is shades of blue, sort of wavy. You mentioned problems scanning lace. I actually prefer the scanner for small pieces: at least I know everything will be in focus. Try fiddling with "highlights" and intensifying color. I also use "increase midtones" or "increase shadows". What those commands in a photo modification program seem to do is increase or decrease the number of black dots sprayed on the paper or added to the screen image. Or increase the number of color dots, or reduce the amount of empty space (which shows as white). Most of the images I post have these kinds of corrections, which I add to increase visibility of structual elements, so viewers can see each individual thread.
I think it is time for me to stop talking. I get long winded sometimes.
- At 6:40pm on March 19, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Snowy
I just added the two colored Bedfordshire pieces I mentioned in the private email. The first of the two-- 711--or something like it would be a useful stage on the road to making that Mirecourt design. The 2nd one 712 is only slightly easier than the one you have pictured. I suggest that you think about approaching that piece in a few gradual stages. You don't need to make 3 or 4 whole projects just as preparation, but 3 or 4 little sample strips 10 cm long. Just so you have experience solving easier problems before you tackle hard problems.
- At 6:10am on March 5, 2009,
Sharon said… - I've just been looking at your blog and noted a comment you made about a book "the patterns aren't very inspiring and the instructions aren't very illuminating" which got me thinking. What makes patterns inspiring to you? What is it about a pattern that grabs your attention? What was it about this book that DIDN'T inspire you.
- At 3:22pm on December 16, 2008,
Judy B said… - First I have to untangle all twelve thumbs I acquire when I pick up a shuttle!
Judy B
- At 3:23pm on December 12, 2008,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Katherine
(Shall I call you Katherine, or Snowy?) Thanks for noticing my bobbin lace work and commenting. Actually the piece you commented on is not that difficult. About 2 years after I started bobbin lace (with torchon) I decided I wanted to try one of the part laces because I could see that they would be easier to design for than straight laces. I had several books on tape lace, or books with chapters on Honiton or duchesse. But all the descriptions of how to handle the cloth parts were just plain incomprehensible. And the cloth parts are the important ones: turning curves, widening and narrowing, adding and removing pairs. So I decided to try a beginner's Honiton class at a convention in Michigan state. So I took a class with Sheila Wells, an Englishwoman living in the United States, who had learned Honiton from her English mother. In class I told Sheila I wanted to concentrate on the manipulations of the cloth stitch instead of the fancy fillings. I learned a lot,enough that I then understood what was possible to design and what was not. The week after the class I churned out 4 designs on paper. I was so excited. This was one of them.
In my ignorance I called the design a Bruges doily. But now that I know better, I know there is nothing about it like Bruges bloomwork, except the scale (it is worked in 40/2 linen). It is actually purely Honiton in all its shapes and working methods. It is just a hugely enlarged scale which would probably make it unrecognizable to real Honiton lovers. Everything in the piece is techniques I learned in a 24 hour class.
So, where do you want to go next in bobbin lace, when your wrist heals?
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