On Jul 6, 2005, at 2:47, Helene Gannac wrote:
If it works, how could it be wrong???? We modern lacemakers really do
get very
fussy about things old lacemakers wouldn't even have considered worthy
of
discussion!!
<VBG> Thanks.
As to "how could it be wrong?" bit... Once upon a time, a designed an
edging, in what I fondly thought of as "Flanders" (Butterflies and
Lilies, on my website), even if it had some "modern tricks" in it.
It had been viewed by two Flanders/Binche teachers of renown and
"status". One said it was great, though the picots had been drawn wrong
on the diagram. The other said it was pretty, but I'd have to invent a
different name for it, because it just wasn't "real Flanders" - those
"modern innovations" didn't fit within the parameters laid down by
"Flanders" lace...
Half of me may be a "dumb Polack", but the other half is a "clever
Jew", so I only need to get "burned" once, to withdraw into my shell in
dismay (it's the "dumb Polack" part which insists on popping back up
<g>). Now, if I think of publishing a pattern, I check and re-check,
and re-check again. And, maybe, trash it altogether... :)
Though I feel vindicated as to that particular pattern; by whatever
name, it's popular :) I just recently had a request for it from someone
(in Germany) who says she had pushed herself to learn Flanders because
of it as a goal. Now she's reached the stage where she feels able to
tackle it, and it's like a Christmas in July for me... :)
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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