According to the International Lace Dictionary, aantal is number and speld
is
pin. Obviously the ...en ending will alter the meaning somewhat.
-en makes it plural
As Sue says, the number given definitely equals the count of the footside
pinholes of one complete pattern repeat.
I asked Corrie versluis, ans she says the same
What I'm trying to work out why this
is considered to be an important enough piece of information to given
up-front, as the lacemaker can see quite easily that it's a
short/medium/long repeat
just by looking at the pattern. Does the precise number of pinholes make
a lot
of difference.
I didn't ask that question.
It was traditionally worked on a block pillow so the length
of the repeat doesn't affect the working a lot.
Perhaps the end use of the lace (this count only seems to be given with
the
traditional patterns) governed whether it was a short repeat or a more
ornate
pattern.
Jacquie in England, still waiting for summer (or even spring!)
Jo Falkink
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