In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eva Von Der Bey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >the british bobbin lace tradition >sometimes dominates. >Which means: there is Torchon, than Beds or Bucks as continuos thread lace, >a little milanese, and of course Honiton. > Which is interesting, as Torchon isn't really all that traditional in English lace history - it didn't really take off here until the late 19th Century when its speed of production was its advantage (and having done the others alongside it for C&G, coming back to Torchon you definitely work faster!). Tradition dictated that you started with the lace of your region, and stayed with it for life. Modern teaching starts with Torchon, and I think we worked that out (on Arachne, a couple of years ago) as to the fact that it is possibly more complex in variety of stitches than any of the others?
>a word from good old europe: a quite natural step after Torchon is to jump >into Flanders, I always wondered if Torchon to Tonder would be a natural progression, too? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
