Hi ladies,
As you requested more information, I checked my notes, and this is what I
recorded. Spanish Blonde prickings, known to be over 100 years old. They are
designed for a triangular mantilla, with the borders heavily worked and the
ground worked in strips with flowers at intervals. Pins
Hi everyone,
I hope I’m understanding this correctly. When I studied Spanish Blonde at the
Lace association in Barcelona in 2015, the same thing was explained to me about
pinning only on either side of the tulle. I also did not prick the pattern. I
did however use a pin in every stitch of
Hello Annette,
What you write about Spanish blonde has made me very curious. Would you
mind telling us a little bit more about the 'very old prickings' an English
speaking Spanish lace historian gave you for the Gild collection? As much
as you tell (and Antje already found out and perfectly
Hello Annette,
You are right about the prickings of Spanish blonde from Almagro. I don't
know if it happens the same with the ones form Catalonia though.
One row is not pricked, and is not drawn on the pattern either. So, the
ground is formed by horizontal lines of dots placed one under the
I've been following your discussion with interest - now it's time to
comment.
In Maltese lace, we never pre-prick our patterns - at least not to my
knowledge - and this was never mentioned in lectures of Maltese lace
history either. If a pattern is pricked (has holes) it means it has been
used to
Hi all,
Interesting discussions.
In Spain, I was given some very old Spanish blonde prickings for our lace guild
archive. The lacemaker who donated them, explained that the ground was only
pricked in each alternate row as lacemakers only pinned alternate rows to make
the work quicker. She is a
Hi Malvary and all,
I tried working point ground pinning only the first and last pins of a row. It
works nicely--if you can keep good tension. I wouldn't suggest it to
beginners. but you make good points about the economics of professional
lacemakers.
Cynthia
On Dec 3, 2017, at 8:10 AM,
I raised this very question, not whether the pricking had been pricked or
not but about putting in pins, when I did a course on Downton lace. It is
the same thought, did the lacemakers put in pins on the longer rows of
ground or not. I tried it and after putting in a couple of pins at the
Good morning Arachnids
re: Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 19:32:11 +
From: Diana Smith <diana.trevo...@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [lace] Bucks Prickings
Yes, This may explain the this belief. I usually make a row of point ground
stitches before pinning, but I usually restrict them to 3 st
Hi Alex
Like you I’ve studied many old prickings over the years but very few without
the ground pricked.
I have a theory, no doubt you have also thought of it! That in order to save
time when working large areas of point ground some workers would work a row of
stitches without pinning up,
Hi Arachnids
I am interested in the prickings that Elizabeth Ligeti wrote about. Even
though I examined most of the prickings at Luton Museum when I was researching
Bucks I did not see one that did not have the ground fully pricked. Making
ground without pinning it is certainly one of our folk
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