Hello all After weeks of hard work I finally caught up with the digests ;) and lo and behold, there was a question waiting to be answered and I knew the answer. This must be fait so I will answer this question ;)
I've never heard of witches work before but "point de fee" and "toveressewerk" sounded familiar. So I took out the syllabus from my cours on Binch lace and there was indeed a chapter on this kind of Binch. It is the name for Binch with a lot of square tallies in it. Those tallies are not part of the ground but are an extra accent to the motive. This type of Binch is said to be very rare especially in older laces. I've seen more examples of this type of lace in other places as well. There is a nice picture of a piece of Point de Fee in Ulrike Lohr's Schneeverweht und durchgedreht on page 35. It is called a very chaotic lace and I agree. Almost all the examples of Point de Fee I have seen were quite chaotic and not really beautifull in my oppinion. So I'll stick to the Flat Binch and drool over the lace on page 94 wich needs approx. 200 bobbins. and is 15 centimeters wide. But first I need more bobbins <g>. Greetings from Nelleke Glansdorp in Leiden, The Netherlands where the sun is shining and light is just right for working on that Kortelahti pattern that is blokking up my block pillow for just over a year now. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
