I meant to get on this earlier in the Summer with my P.O.A. but time got away from me so I am now doing 2-in-1!!!:-)!!!
I've divided my Summer into two week slots dedicated to a something new or old I want to work on! There include learning Carrickmacross lace, working on my new knitting machine, learning how to do crochet, completing a knitwear piece I designed during one of our projects, and working on needlepoint and embroidery work. These two week sessions will be accompanied by continuous work on drawing and research on fashion illustration.
My first two weeks were dedicated to Carrickmacross lace! My Daddy dearest is from Carrickmacross and my Granny is one of the few people learned in the fine art so she has agreed to pass on this beautiful lace technique! Everybody I met in my two week visit to Carrickmacross was delighted to hear I was learning in their town's famous lace making skills! I first met with a man Mr. McCabe who was only delighted to show me his collection of traditional Carrickmacross lace patterns and was brilliant in helping me understand more about lace. My Granny and I then ventured to the lace gallery where we witnessed lacemaking in process and absolutely stunning pieces! After Kate Middleton wore a wedding dress which features an incredible amount of Carrickmacross lace the gallery has been inundated with questions which happened also when Lady Diana had it on hers also!
I went home that day with an avid hunger to start the lacemaking and that I did!
It's a very slow process but a bit like knitting it is very relaxing and therapeutic and before I knew it my image of the Claddagh ring was underway by means of the regular stitch, loop stitch, pops, cobweb, The Dot and I learned many more stitches along the way!
I hope someday I'll have the chance to incorporate Carrickmacross lace into my designs.....Scratch that I do not hope I will, I will make it happen!
Talk soon I'm off to play knitting machine!
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