Hi Jane
Talking of Nottingham lace, someone asked me recently if I knew of handmade
"Nottingham Lace". I understood that it was only made by machine. Can
anyone enlighten me?
Lindy in Ireland
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From: "Jane Partridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:41 AM
Subject: [lace] Tatting lady
But, and I have said this before, there is a reason for the confusion in
the UK at least. One of the books on the history of the Nottingham Lace
industry refers to "tattings" - being odd lengths of *machine-made* lace
- edgings and insertions. So, to many of my mother's and grandmother's
generation, the bobbin lace we are working produces something that looks
the same as that which they would have called a tatting - and hence, in
their minds, we *are* tatting.
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Jane Partridge
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