On Jun 15, 2005, at 11:14, Alice Howell wrote:
There are three "turning stitch" variations that I know of,.....
First is .....where you work through to the end, twist (only) the
worker once and leave it and return with the last-pair-passed-thru,
ie ctc at the edge..........
The next is Pat Read's ctctc Milanese variation.....
Finally, ..... where you work to the end of the row and then with no
twists at all, return with the same pair, ie ctc,ctc.
There is also CTTC which reverses the threads back the direction
they came from. It is very useful with colors because two colors
meet, kiss, and go back instead of interweaving. It's also useful in
switching a pair of workers with a pair that has more thread.
To me, #4 - CTTC - is "the one and only", *true* turning stitch... :)
The "leave the worker, replace with the last passive" is nothing but a
modified (pinless, and no twists on the worker before or after the
encounter with the "worker-in-waiting" or edge pair) footside.
What is called "turning stitch" in Pat Read's books - CTCTC - is a
misnomer; it's not a turning stitch, it's a fixing stitch. Neither of
the *pairs* involved turns back; only one thread of each does. What it
does do is fix the two pairs together, to prevent a hole, when one of
the passives becomes a second worker.
The CTC,CTC I admit to never having seen before, but it looks like a
more complicated version of the CTTC. It serves the same function -
turns the original worker back. It is - I think - more steady/reliable
than CTTC in tensioning but it also has two extra movements. Add - in
some cases necesary - extra twists inherent in a pattern itself, and
you have a whole lot of manipulation going on...
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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