I also think the way people learn to make lace is an issue. I learned in
England and was given a pricking and taught to look at the original lace /
photo of lace and see what stitches were worked at each pinhole, and also
taught how to start and finish in various ways. Written instructions and
working diagrams were not provided.
Since moving to America, I have discovered that generally people here are
not taught this way and expect complete working diagrams and detailed
instructions for each piece, which facilitates working at home, but tends to
make cause dependence on these instructions and does not readily enable one
to carry the ideas from one piece of lace forward to another piece of lace.
This then means that it is much harder to share one's own patterns with
other people readily, as it is much easier to produce a pricking than a
working diagram
Sue
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