On the other hand, the hankie I am making now is Binche lace, and is an old pattern which has been reconstructed. I'm using very fine thread (140/2) and began working the lace on the day after Christmas, 2005. I have just (today!) turned the third corner. I estimate that I have worked a few hours a day (occasionally all day!) for an average of five days a week on this piece (yes... I'm obsessed!), and still have one full side and a corner to go.
I'd say that I have worked on it at least 10 hours a week since the day after Christmas. Taking off two weeks for another project that got in the way, I'm going to say 20 weeks at 10 hours a week... That's 200 hours!! At $10/hour, that's $2000!! And remember - it's only 3/4 complete right now!! No wonder they called it the lace of Royalty!! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA ---- Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ============= UK minimum wage (assuming you are more than 21 years old) is 5.05 GBP per hour - so your hankie would "cost" more like 250GBP Brenda On 5 Jun 2006, at 19:16, Viv Dewar wrote: > I timed myself this weekend at 1.75hrs for 4cm. So assuming a “minimum > wage” of about GBP4.50/hour and allowing about £5 for yarn and the > simple cotton hankie to attach the lace to – my hankie should “cost” > about £210! Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
