Hey there Robin... There are two main ways to make lace... start with cloth and put holes into it to form the lace (punti tagliati, hedebo work, cut work, embroidered lace) and the other way is to form lace from string by forming a repetitive pattern that becomes the body of the work (bobbin lace, tatting, knitted, knotwork)
All can create lace... cloth with a pattern of holes in it. Woven techniques are <i>perhaps</i> the oldest. So can you give a little more information of what you are looking for... I'll dig through the library. Bridgette On 4/18/06, Robin Netherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm out of my period on this one. Can anyone give me a rough date/place > for when lace appears -- meaning something that would be recognized by a > modern person as "lace"? (I mean the trimming, not lacing cord or points.) > > --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
