Thanks! I had a half suspicion that it might be that, but it was only a half suspicion. I was pretty sure it wasn't a bread cover, which is what lace and cover cloth was pulling up on google. I'll bear this in mind for if/when I start doing bobbin lace again, it's been thirty years since I did lace making.
Yours, John Mead Tacoma, WA USA On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Jane Partridge < jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > Not much use to a tatter, knitter or crocheter, and possibly only a little > so to a needle-lacemaker! We do tend to forget that there are forms of lace > other than bobbin lace on Arachne :-) > > To answer John's question, it is usually either a square or rectangle of > cloth, about the size of a tea-towel, that can either > a) sit over the bottom half of a pricking/under the bobbins (when it is > often called a 'working cloth') - this has the advantage of stopping the > threads rubbing against the edges of the pricking or, on a fully dressed > pillow (which also has cloths covering the sides of the pricking or > completed work) catching on pins that have been pushed down or > b) be placed over the pillow and any work on it when you move away for any > reason - either placed on if you are coming straight back, or pinned on for > transportation. > > Cover cloths used under the bobbins are usually plain material to stop you > going bozz-eyed after working for hours! > > In message <CAEtMP78SB8j3koOoqhE0X2seA9e=**05huwshOoknEpxpJ0+5ajA@mail.** > gmail.com <05huwshooknepxpj0%2b5...@mail.gmail.com>>, John Mead < > johnbobm...@gmail.com> writes > >> OK, I'll air my ignorance, a quick google search didn't look very >> successful. >> >> What's a cover cloth? >> >> yrs, >> >> John Mead >> Tacoma, WA USA >> > > -- > Jane Partridge > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
