Members' Lace Challenge 1: Inspired by the Stash

Calling all I.O.L.I. Members to participate in the Challenge 1: Inspired by the Stash.

Important dates to remember. Entry is between October 1st and December 31, 2020.

Challenge1

Alice Howell, McMinnville, Oregon



Challenge: A pretty lamp with a battered shade. Replace the parchment and overlay it with lace. Will use parts of two patterns from "Kloppelspitzen Kegel und Stelen" by Marianne Geissendorfer and Dana Mihulkova.

Alice Howell

McMinnville, Oregon

Anita Barry, Amissville, Virginia

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Sally Jenkins, Oregon

The pattern called Brigitte Circle is by Jenny Brandis of Perth, Australia, and has 60 divisions around the outside, so I knew immediately I wanted to make it for the purpose of eventually using it as a clock face. The clock part isn't done yet, but the lace is. Why it fits the Stash Challenge is this. Early in the Covid lockdown, I had decided to avoid ordering thread or anything else non-essential. The delivery people at the time were working very hard and were fearful, as so much was unknown about the virus then.

I wound all my bobbins with black Gütermann silk S303, except I ran out with two pairs to go! Those I wound with Gütermann 100% Cotton that I had on hand. Additionally, a couple of my worker pairs in the narrow trails ran out and although they had started out silk, I had to add cotton then. The metallic is Presencia 50, two-ply gold. Because I had three different kinds of thread, with three different shrinkage rates, I starched the piece still pinned in place.

Sally Jenkins

Sylvia Fellows, California

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Maribel Albert, Valencia, Spain