Well, I know that I am going to get plenty of flak for this opinion,
but here goes anyway:
There comes a point where neatness and carefulness become
obsessiveness, and we surely are fluttering about that point now.
Yes, the ending threads have to be sewn into the beginning, trimmed
off, woven in, etc. But it is possible, with care, to tuck these ends
into the work so that they are nearly invisible, by means of a very
few tiny stitches taken first forward, then back.
One of our most illustrious and celebrated lace teachers* has been
known to remark that a minute and tiny detail is not noticed in the
larger context of a beautiful piece of lace. Whether the tiny detail
is the somewhat thickened texture of the Het Lassen join, or the
somewhat simpler edge-seam, who is going to look at the lace and see
a nearly invisible and insignificant detail?
* Curious? Contact me privately!
Aurelia
I think it was mentioned by someone else that there
are two approaches to joining lace. Laces started
with paired bobbins, with threads looped neatly over
pins, the end can be sewn into the beginning while the
lace is on the pillow. The ends then have to be dealt
with -- trim off, weave in, make a rolled edge, etc.
Frequently this leaves finishing telltails on the
wrong side of the lace. This is fine for laces with a
right and wrong side.
The other method of joining is the "Het Lassen"
method, which is overlapping the lace and then
overcasting the two layers together where the pattern
matches. The leftover ends are then trimmed off next
to the overcasting.
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