101 Torchon Patterns E-Book

Robin Lewis-Wild

• Herausgeber: Batsford
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 48

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Characterized by the superb draughtmanship of its patterns and prickings, this book is the result of three years' study and research and brings together 101 of the best and most beautiful torchon lace patterns. After an explanation of the colour-diagram method, which eliminates lengthy technical descriptions, the projects are presented on facing double pages, each spread showing an overall pattern diagram, pattern detail and one or more close-up photographs for each piece. Included is a selection of patterns for working edgings, insertions, corners, bookmarks and medallions, aimed at a wide range of readership from beginners to experienced lacemakers.

Leseprobe

101 TORCHON PATTERNS

with coloured technical diagrams

101 TORCHON PATTERNS

with coloured technical diagrams

Robin Lewis-Wild

Acknowledgment

My gratitude to my friends and family for their help, support and advice which made this possible. A special thanks to my lace instructors, my students, and my lace friends; their enthusiasm and dedication have been the inspiration for this book. I would like to thank especially the following: Suzanne Van Ruymbeke-Deraedt – my most recent lace instructor and initial consultant on materials for this publication, an inspiration and unequalled source of knowledge, information and materials. Mme Maria (and Jean) Cools – also a recent instructor who aside from her encouragement and knowledge, has given gifts of lace which have been shared by all who visit and whose work and patterns have been shared willingly with me and other dedicated lacemakers. Wendell Adams – the photographer of the lace and friend. W.A. Crouch – friend and consultant.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to Kenneth Atkins, without whom it would not have seen completion.

First published by Dryad Press Ltd, 1988, reprinted 1993

This paperback edition first published 2002

© Robin Lewis-Wild 1988, 1993, 2002

eISBN 9781849942386

The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

Published in the United Kingdom as eBook in 2015 by

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London WC1E 6HD

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An imprint of Pavilion Books Company Ltd

Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by:

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CONTENTS

Introduction

1. Colour key to colour diagramming

Stitches

Grounds

Motifs

Rosepoint

Spiders

Tallies

Daisies or flowers

Braids/plaits

Gimp

Fans

Picots

Footing or sewing edge

Startings for bookmarks

Endings for bookmarks

Making a sewing

Method of working medallions/mats

2. Colour key examples of use

Example 1

Example 2

Prickings for Examples 1 and 2 (25 pairs)

3. Edgings 1-34

4. Insertions 1-34

5. Corners 1-12

6. Bookmarks 1-10

7. Medallions 1-10

Bibliography

Suppliers

Index

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this work is to offer a wide selection of patterns for intermediate students so that they have an opportunity to build skills and practice techniques beyond basic lesson- work before continuing into more advanced work or other areas of lace. Heretofore there have been few sources of patternwork at this level. There are already numerous books on a more advanced level of Torchon and in other families of lace. Intermediate students, or those just completing basic lessonwork, have often been discouraged as they have not acquired the skills and understanding enough to execute work at this level. Nor have they progressed to a level that they should leave the area of Torchon and start with just basic understanding and skills to new areas of Honiton, Bucks Point, Flanders and so on without further instruction. It is hoped instructors will find this material useful to guide their students eager for and needing more lessonwork in Torchon.

About the patterns

The patterns include antique patterns, modified traditional patterns, patterns from antique clothing and the author’s own designs, similarity of these to any existing patterns is merely coincidental. They have been divided into five basic categories: edgings, insertions, corners, bookmarks and medallions. Each pattern has a pricking on graph, a photo of the lacework, and a coloured technical diagram. Numerous skills have been built into the material, in the way of various motifs, spiders, tallies, fans, footings and so on. There is a listing at the top of each pattern describing the particular techniques covered in each. They have been arranged according to the number of bobbins, some requiring considerably less than others, but not necessarily at a less advanced level. Each pattern gives the number of bobbins used, and the placement of each is given for the diagram (horizontally across the pattern at a given point). A separate starting point is given to the pricking (usually following the diagonal and along the beginning of a motif), selected placement on the pattern to begin a completed project of lace – as for a handkerchief, for instance. There is no one ‘right’ choice for this beginning, but one must consider finding an area that sewings will be least noticeable when the piece is completed – if possible along a cloth stitch area is a good choice. The small completed projects are included to offer encouragement and incentive to the student as he or she gains a sense of achievement upon completion of a project not overwhelming in time.

In addition to giving the starting point (often difficult for the student), the patterns have been arranged, wherever possible, to fall toward the outside edges of the pages, making copying (for personal use only) easy. If this method is desired, the photocopy should then be placed on a dark, quality parchment (rubbing paraffin over the upper surface will make pricking easier) and the pattern pricked for a suitable working surface. The graph has been left beneath the pricked patterns to make transcribing them to a larger or finer grid possible, and to retain the accuracy of the pricking. Each pricking is aligned on the graph starting from an inch mark on the top and the left side to make measuring easier.

Some lacemakers are accustomed to working the footing to the left, and some the right, depending upon the tradition of the lace or that of their teacher. This difference, along with the path of the worker travelling from left to right, or right to left, between two pins on a given level (see