Does anyone know what the distinction between the words 'lacis' and 'filet lace'. From my understanding, they denote the same lacemaking technique. Is is this right? Does anyone know where the terms came from? In addition, there is the term 'guipure'. I'm assuming that it is a french word, but what does it mean. From what I've been able to study, 'guipure' is used in filet lace technique when stitches other than the linen stitch (point de toille) and the darning stitch (can't remember the french words) are used.
I am teaching classes in this technique for the Stitching Festival Shows around the country. The Stitching Festival used to be know as the Creative Arts and Textiles Show (CATS) up to this year. Although, filet lace is an ancient form of lacemaking (some references I've read point to it as the 'first' lace), there really is little written about it. If you are interested at all in learning filet lace, there is a wonderful opportunity now to do so (I not talking about my classes). Go to the following website: http://hometown.aol.com/filetlace/myhomepage/personal.html or www.filetlace.net Marie Jo is having the net made for her and is selling it for what I consider a very reasonable price considering how much time it would take to hand make the net for yourself (which was the only other option up to Maries offering the net commercially). In addition, she just came out with a new book on how to work the lace. The basic stitch is simple to do, the real trick/technique to working filet lace is knowing how to work a motif from start to end, finishing it as you go, charting your working path through a pattern and so on. Otherwise, you can use any filet crochet pattern or monochrome cross stitches patterns as patterns for filet lace. For details about The Stitching Festival go to: www.stitchingfestival.com Karen Bovard (The ShuttleSmith) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Omaha, NE - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
