Your write up was very interesting (as usual!!) Alex. When the Springetts came
out to Australia, in the 1980s, Christine showed us a slide show of some of
her collection of old lace. I always remember a cap & lappets in Beds Lace,
and she pointed out a flower motif on each lappet and the cap, and
Hi Nancy,
I mean with a method in bobbin lacemaking a way in which every technique can
be made.
The open method means that every stitch ends with cross, so that all threads
are always laying straight down without any twists (open)
The closed method means that half stitch and whole stitch (with
Dear Robin,
I think you missed the difference between a method of bobbin lacemaking and
the various techniques.
Every lace teacher should know about the closed and the open method in bobbin
lace and explain the difference between the two to their students.
When you are making Skans lace on a
Hi Gon,
Would you be so kind as to define explicitly what you mean by methods vs
techniques in bobbin lace? Not only with examples, although some will help.
I'm getting confused.
Thanks.
Nancy
Ashford, Connecticut, USA
On Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 05:00 Gon Homburg wrote:
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I think you missed
