Sat Aug 4, 2018 10:26 PM

Sat Aug 4, 2018 10:26 PM

Morning Modelbuch (4/19/2018) I have to admit I have a soft spot for Vinciolo's lacis patterns. They're the first patterns from a Modelbuch I ever stitched. When I was in my late teens I told someone I was interested in historical embroidery and they told be there was a book of patterns from the 16th century. So I bought the purple covered Dover copy of _Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery, and Needlepoint_. I was so excited. Then I looked at it and had absolutely no clue what to do with it. The front of the book is lace patterns. I had no idea about lace. The only embroidery I had done up to that point was cross stitch. But, in the back of the book are a few lacis patterns. And they look familiar for a cross stitcher. So I wasn't hopelessly disappointed by my new purchase (which was a huge deal for me at the time-- one of my first historical book purchases.) I collected unicorns when I was a kid, so that's the pattern I picked. I did it in DMC cotton floss on Aida cloth and displayed it in a hoop. Later on I also did this pattern up as an afghan in filet crochet. I think I gifted both of them away, but I guess that's where an obsession that's been going on for close to 30 years started. (Vinciolo is the most easily available Modelbuch. There's a copy at Archive.org, The Met has their copy scanned, The Getty has a copy, The Antique Pattern Library has a copy, Arizona's Digital Archive of Documents Related to Lace has a copy, Project Gutenberg has a copy, and there are at least 5 other sites with copies for free. Plus there's the ubiquitous Dover paperback. The picture below is from the Met, so here's their link https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/358422 )
Morning Modelbuch (4/19/2018) I have to admit I have a soft spot for Vinciolo’s lacis patterns. They’re the first patterns from a Modelbuch I ever stitched. When I was in my late teens I told someone I was interested in historical embroidery and they told be there was a book of patterns from the 16th century. So I bought the purple covered Dover copy of _Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery, and Needlepoint_. I was so excited. Then I looked at it and had absolutely no clue what to do with it. The front of the book is lace patterns. I had no idea about lace. The only embroidery I had done up to that point was cross stitch. But, in the back of the book are a few lacis patterns. And they look familiar for a cross stitcher. So I wasn’t hopelessly disappointed by my new purchase (which was a huge deal for me at the time– one of my first historical book purchases.) I collected unicorns when I was a kid, so that’s the pattern I picked. I did it in DMC cotton floss on Aida cloth and displayed it in a hoop. Later on I also did this pattern up as an afghan in filet crochet. I think I gifted both of them away, but I guess that’s where an obsession that’s been going on for close to 30 years started. (Vinciolo is the most easily available Modelbuch. There’s a copy at Archive.org, The Met has their copy scanned, The Getty has a copy, The Antique Pattern Library has a copy, Arizona’s Digital Archive of Documents Related to Lace has a copy, Project Gutenberg has a copy, and there are at least 5 other sites with copies for free. Plus there’s the ubiquitous Dover paperback. The picture below is from the Met, so here’s their link https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/358422 )

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