While I'm thinking on the topic....

[femkes_follies]

There is at least one portrait that I can see well enough to recreate the smocking pattern. I've ordered a book on Cranach from the library (The big, beautiful one that runs $300 on Amazon). I wouldn't be surprised if there are more in there.

So - would it be useful to create a page where I display the portrait - and the accompanying smocking stitch diagram, for those less used to "reading the stitches"?

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[xrian.livejournal.com]

Of course. Silly question ;)

(Remember the feeding frenzy that erupts on the Net every time someone mentions the word "handout"?)

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's part of why I'd as soon just web it to start with. ;-) It saves work for me.

Off to go look to see if there's a utility that will "print" smocking charts without my having to draw one line by line.....

I suppose I can use Inkscape if I must, but that sounds like a lot of work.

[xrian.livejournal.com]

If I wasn't headed off to a War, and therefore spending this week packing, I'd offer to do it for you -- I like doing graphics and have lots of software for same. (I do it for a living. I'm not an illustrator -- can't, for instance, sit down and draw a recognizable rabbit -- but I pretty much do everything else ;)

But this is not the week.