"This brings up the question of "purity" and naming. If I use some Cluny techniques on a Beds pattern, is it still Beds? If I use torchon ground on a Bucks grid, is that Bucks point lace? If I mix crochet stitches in with detached buttonhole, is that needlelace?"
My comment: Artists often use "Mixed Media" when their finished piece uses more than one Media such as water color and pen and ink, or oils and embedded lace in the surface of the painting. Styrofoam, paint and wire sculpture.... Why can't lacers use "Mixed Techniques" on a lace that incorporated say: Beds and Torchon stitches in the same pattern; or Honiton and Beds in the same pattern? Since no lace is attributed to the US, we can claim the "Mixed Techniques" as ours and call it United States Lace... After all, we are a mixed population..... a mixing pot for sure. Just a thought.... I hope everyone gets time to do some lace today! Susie Johnson In Morris, Illinois were daylight is burning and I am still on this computer..... Bye, Bye. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
