I like to see patterns in books done on a graph (usually pale grey with black pattern-markings, or pale grey or blue with colored markings). That way, no matter what percentage of reduction or enlargement is used/needed, the lace-maker can *manually* change size as much as they want.
I'm just enough of a curmudgeon not to completely trust any technology, and lace patterns, if well done, will outlast every copy-technology we currently use. :-D I like to think I'll still be around in 20, 30, 40 years, and still trying new things (even though the eyes are going already ;-D ), and will still want to use patterns produced in the last ten years. Copy-machine and computer technology will only get better and more sensitive, but compensating for the inefficiencies of current and past copying is a burden no lace-maker really wants -- we just put up with it if we have to. Having a manual-based "back-up" system (such as a graph scale-background on the original pattern) is a short-cut to getting around the inevitable changes in technology.
Jean, will your group be making the book available to lace-makers outside of the UK?
Beth -- in beautiful downtown Canberra, Oz
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