Several of us seem agreed that many bobbin laces, certainly floral Beds, and some of us (at least me) floral Bucks, are for "thinking" persons, what about Binche? It's generally thought the most complex now widely made, and I should have thought at least as much brain power goes into it. It seems different in that now at least the thinking is done in making the diagram, and the execution could be thought more manual than cerebral, but even from my limited attempts at following a wiring diagram for Flanders and Point de Paris, that's not the case - it's harder than it looks to get the diagram down in thread, working out which bit to do first etc.
The effect of thinking on the pillow, so to speak, seems to me that you can cope with different threads, slightly different pricking, and you are able to improve - as Patty and others have noted, you gradually are more economical with the number of threads added and thrown out, and I find also in use of gimps. The main advantage I've found also is that I work out which order to do bits in so that the bobbins are moved less - as one progresses round a handkerchief, say, or down a length, you do more with the same bundle of bobbins before moving to another group. Indeed, in the fairly basic floral Beds and Bucks I've worked, I've been impressed by how well the designer/patternmaker has planned the pricking so this can be done. It's not that difficult to cope with nearly 100 pairs if you use no more than 20 of them at any time! Is it the same with Binche? Has anyone been thinking that out on the pillow? I assume this was originally done - the Paris ground sections look made exactly for getting x bobbins from a to b with the minimum fuss and planning, and the sort I like to look at with admiration has a sort of careless rapture, not carefully planned feel. I'd love to know from the Binche experts how they think and work. [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
