Also, hand lacemaking was actually considered to be somewhat more enjoyable than other forms of employment offered women at the time, as witnessed by the tales of wealthy women urging their friends not to buy lace during times when it was hard to get domestic help. The idea was that the women sitting in their cottages making lace would have to "enter service" if there was a decline in the market for lace, and be starting those fires early in the morning, working as scullery maids, etc. Devon
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