2017 I.O.L.I. Convention at King of Prussia, PA

This year I took classes with Jane Atkinson.  We designed lace using logarithmic grids in the morning class.  We designed scarves in the afternoon class.  I've got a pile of drawings made by experimenting with the log grids.

We learned to calculate the Tex number for a thread or yarn.  The Tex number is a relative size which aids in determining the appropriate size of grid.  The Tex number is the number of grams per kilometer of fiber.  So if the label has the weight and length, you can convert to grams and meters, divide and adjust the decimal point for kilometers.  Otherwise you can measure and cut off 10 meters of the fiber, weigh it in grams and multiply by 100.  Then consult a table showing Tex and grid sizes for various fibers.  In class I cut and weighed a yarn I bought in Sedona, AZ and got a suggested grid size of 11 mm.  I tried working a sample going from 12 mm to 11, 10, 9....  The sample has Torchon ground with diamonds of cloth stitch and half stitch.  The sample can visually confirm the choice of grid size.  For more information, refer to Contemporary Lace for You
by Jane Atkinson, ISBN 978-0-9551512-1-7.

On Wednesday we were "Making Waves".  Here's my waves so far.  We were given a pricking and used our choice of threads.  It is worked in cloth stitch with extra twists to show the motion of the water.  There are long, highly twisted threads at the top which will curl over like the waves when pins are removed.