I was taught that most laces do not have a right or wrong side - the side
that looks the best is the right side. I was also taught that a spider
should have a nice raised body and to this day I still like a spider with a
hump. So many men , so many minds!!
Jeanette Fischer, South Africa.
I
Surely, if you make a spider standing proud as you are working it, when you
turn the lace over, it will stand poke out on the other side too. Just like
chain gimp in Russian lace - they show on both sides. One place you'd have
to make sure you know which side you are working is when you do a
Same logic to my teachings I think, plus as said in a previous post, lots of
them have a picture which is the opposite way round, so obviously meant to
be flipped. Some pieces do appear to be made with right side up, so it
obviously depends on several things.
Sue T Dorset UK
I always
I think that many laces are worked with the back uppermost, so that swings etc
are on the back when the lace is complete. With Torchon, it makes sense, as
Jean says, to work it in this way, if you are making a square mat, for
instance, which will have a long join across a corner. But for many
