#torchon — Public Fediverse posts
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I was at the International Organization of Lace Convention last week, and there was an announcement about this Study Group for #Torchon #BobbinLace if anyone is interested.
DM me for the email contact with Sylvia--this is not my group.
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If you like #torchon #BobbinLace, you might want to see this little video I did about a couple of really terrific books on this lace style.
One happens to be on special sale right now. I just accidentally found it recently and bought several for me and friends because we've wanted it--but you can't find it anywhere.
It was easier to show it in a video than describe it in text form.
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Rance Inter de retour : toujours là quand il s'agit de tacler la gauche.
https://loma.ml/display/373ebf56-1068-1a3e-1487-417138130827
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#wikipedia fait partie des rares succès d'un web non-commercial, conforme à des idéaux qui sont depuis longtemps passés de mode.
Vous tous qui avez signé cette vieille feuille de PQ, et qui validez des pratiques de menaces et de #doxxing envers des bénévoles que vous jugez être vos opposants politiques, on vous voit.
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Someone challenged me to make the #Torchon page better in #Wikipedia, so I started to work on it today.
Still needs work, but it's no longer in the mid #19thCentury anymore. Now with color! Current projects! Modern art!
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Oh, wow. Someone has uploaded the actual #BobbinLace samples of the #Torchon lace company.
Fascinating.
Digital archives are like tide pools. New stuff keeps getting washed in, so you have to go back and look again....
Wonderful.
https://archive.org/details/torchon-lace-company-sample-card-and-price-list
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The prompt for an upcoming #BobbinLace competition in our local group is "By the sea". I've been thinking on some sea-related things, and found this pattern. It won't be my entry, but it was fun, like working a sketch, but in thread....
The sun bead was a fail. I was hoping the rays would look less...meh. But I liked the cloud beads.
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My obsession with beads continues. I have made another bracelet, but this time with gold thread. I think I'd like to do a more delicate seed-bead version with this thread now too.
It was just beads I had around, I didn't realize 'til later that it was Ukrainian-flag adjacent!
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#WIPWednesday My #torchon #BobbinLace with beads is mostly done. It's a bracelet, and I need to figure out some kind of clasp to use. But I'm pleased with the way it came out.
Thrift store beads and eBay black silk thread for a nice wearable item.
In the #lace community, it's custom to wear something you have made. But almost all of my other lace is on #18thCenturyFashion, which is not right for regular events...
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Before I started the new #knitting, I did finish this #BobbinLace piece. But it has to rest on the pillow a bit before you take it down.
It's my first piece attempted with beading. And you do have to learn some bead management. It does take a bit longer. And wow, is it heavy now! I'm used to my lace being like a feather--heh.
The next chapter in this book (Jan Tregidgo's "#Torchon #Lacemaking) is a bracelet, which is my real goal. Something I can wear.
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I did bring my current #BobbinLace project though. It's the first time I've really used beads.
It's a lot of beads. But it's just a sample bookmark sized piece. I'm getting a feel for how to work with beads and how to select for size and placement. Note to self: fewer beads. Maybe smaller too. #torchon
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2/2 So this is my calash #BobbinLace progress. This is made with white linen, which is quite stiff. I think it will be a nice trim for my wool cape that I'm working on as well (as much as I love a calash, I'm not up for that--and I need a cape).
So the plan is to make a couple of yards of this. I don't even know how much I need because I didn't finish the cape yet. I'm using the Burnley and Trowbridge short cloak pattern.
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1/2 Heading out later, but as the last wave of #HurricaneNicole remnants is still moving through, I'll show you the current #BobbinLace project before I leave.
My current piece is a replica lace. I copied the pattern from this #18thCentury #calash in the Historic New England collection.
I took a class in #torchon design recently, and this was one of my projects--how to diagram the pattern and represent it.
https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/gusn/50521