Hi Helen
I'm no needlelace expert (let alone guru), just someone who enjoyed
making a bit of needlelace until arthritis in my thumb made all
hand-sewing/embroidery too painful to continue, but I reckon for me the
natural way to make the stitch comes out opposite on alternate
directions and
Good Morning Helen,
A short answer to your question - no. It's not supposed to look identical.
I've just checked out one of my pieces with a magnifying glass to make sure.
Off to needlelace group this after noon!
Best wishes,
Liz Pass
In dull and cloudy Poole, Dorset.
To: Lace
Subject: [lace]
The designs for needlelace were often copied in machine made lace but was
the technique of needlelace ever copied as in some of the bobbin laces??
Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa.
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I've had just enough needlelace experience to be dangerous. G I was taught
by an expert, but arthritis makes my results nothing to brag about.
No, the threads lie differently going the two directions. It's the nature of
the stitch. That might be one reason the stitch was developed that works
Needlelace 'technique' would not transfer to bobbin lace, but the 'style' of
the finished item was copied. You just need to look at the old pieces of
Reticella to see the similarity in the designs. Then bobbin lace makers
started exploring their own capabilities and a wide variety of styles
I am sorry, I did not phrase my question well! What I would like to know
is: Was the technique of needlelace ever used in machine made lace. Was
only the designs copied or did they try to imitate the technique as well.
Jeanette Fischer, South Africa.
The designs for needlelace were often
Helen writes:
[I've received conflicting answers from 'experts' so I'm now confused.
When you are making the 'buttonhole' stitch from right to left, is it supposed
to look identical to when made from left to right or is it supposed to be
the opposite? ]
It is true, as several have
Devon said ...Then you work the next row of stitches in the sameÂ
direction as the previous one, often enclosing the return thread. So when youÂ
look at a piece of needle lace all the stitches may appear identical becauseÂ
they have all been worked in the same direction.Â
But don't
Helen
When buttonhole stitch is worked right to left it looks like a mirror image of
left to right buttonhole stitch. Look at the close-ups among the photos on
needlelacetalk.
As to the question about machine copies of needlelace, no I don't think they
copy the exact thread movements. To get
