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Dogwood Pattern design: Louise Colgan, 1999 Interpretation: Tamara Duvall, 2001   |
Artistąs statement: I started working on this pattern at the O.I.D.F.A.-sponsored workshop in Milanese lace, taught by Louise Colgan at The Lace Museum (Sunnyvale, CA) in early October, and finished it shortly after I got back home. The original was meant to be worked in Gutermann silk 100/3 but I didnąt have enough colours to chose from, so I photocopied the pricking at 70% and made it up in Madeira 50/2 (mostly one of the colours was a mix of Mettler 60/2 and Kreinik cord wound on the same bobbin). I also made two other changes. Instead of hanging in and cutting off the pairs for each petal, I made all the petals as a continuous braid. This changed the arrangement of the petals somewhat (each petal overlaps the next at one side, as is under the previous one at the other side, instead of having two up and two down), but was easier for me to do and is not very obtrusive. The second change was in the veins which run down the centre of each petal; instead of the suggested thick metallic gimp, I used metallic beads. Although I had to guess at the shades (I didnąt have a photo of the lace before taking off for CA with my bobbins wound), dogwood, being the state flower, is ubiquitous in VA, so I knew what I was aiming at. I am, in general, quite pleased with the colour choices I made. The only change I would make is in the size. At 70%, the pin spacing is a bit too close and the braids look "congested" in places. My next try (the pattern is truly lovely and a pleasure to work, so a second try will be no hardship) will be at 75% reduction. |