> From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've just put a scan of my piece of Chinese needlelace onto > http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/chinese_needlelace.htm > Do you think it's entirely hand made or just had assembled?
I say handmade. If you look at the closeup, there are two things that convince me, aside from whether machines can or can't make buttonhole stitch (I was told they can't, but some Arachneans seem to think they can). 1. Look at the ground as it curves around the brown buttonhole ring. There appear to be compensating stitches in the ground to accommodate the curve. Some of the knots are closer together, to fit into the gradually changing width of the ground region. 2. Also in that ground, there appear to be mistakes! The first row of stitches to the right of the picked-apart region are tatting double stitches--two half hitches in opposite directions. But elsewhere in the ground you can find pairs of half hitches in the same direction. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
