My latest copy of he Lace Society newsletter arrived yesterday and on page 15 Marjorie Carter is writing about an old lacemaker. She describes her method of working. " She used only her left hand to move her lace bobbins, working the stitch with her three middle fingers and flicking the spare bobbins out of the way with her little finger and thumb respectively. Meanwhile her right hand moved the pins and it was quite literally a continuous action of both hands at considerable speed and amazing to watch." There is a photo of this in action and also a quote from a piece by H. Massingham which obviously describes this method of working. The Lace Society web site now also carries a free pattern.
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Jean in Cleveland U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 08:24 AM, Diana Smith wrote:
I have both types of old East Midlands pillows, the large bolster and
square, using them mostly for demo's, I find them a joy to use, there is
plenty of area for working on, the only problem for the modern lacemaker
being the weight, they are extremely heavy for transportation.
A bow fronted horse can be used but it is not totally safe to leave the
pillow on unattended, and the single horse is really only a prop for the
pillow during work.
Having said that many of the old South Bucks workers using a
bolster and thumpers did not use a pillow horse, the pillow rested in the
lap and they worked by manipulating the bobbins with their left hand while
moving the pins with the right, or visa versa.
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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