Torchon Lacemaking A Step-by-step Guide
Torchon Lacemaking: A Step-by-step Guide by Jan Tregidgo is an illustrated book published by Crowood in 2010, featuring 240 pages in English. This practical guide aims to demystify the art of torchon lacemaking, a traditional textile craft often viewed as challenging. Jan Tregidgo provides a comprehensive overview of essential skills and techniques, making them accessible to both beginners and more experienced crafters.
Readers will find detailed explanations of traditional techniques presented through a series of specially designed samplers, allowing for flexible learning. The book covers essential equipment and materials, offers instructions for a super-beaded sampler, and provides advice on adapting and designing personal patterns. The use of color in the samplers enhances clarity, helping readers follow the path of each thread. This guide serves as a valuable resource for those interested in crafts, hobbies, and needlework, particularly in the realm of lace and tatting.
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Torchon lacemaking is a textile art steeped in tradition – the skills required are often perceived to be beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. In this practical book, Jan Tregidgo describes those skills through a step-by-step guide and makes them accessible to all. She explains traditional techniques through a series of specially designed samplers, which can be worked in order by the beginner or in any order they choose by the more experienced. Although colour is not traditional in bobbin lace, it has been used here to great effect so the path of each thread can be clearly followed through the sampler. Topics covered: Essential equipment and materials described in detail; Traditional techniques fully explained through a sequence of specially designed samplers; Instructions for a super-beaded sampler; Advice on adapting and designing your own patterns.
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