Hello Leonard
If it's the relative tension of the headside and footside of a point
ground or similar lace that makes a pricking with a corner at 90
degrees produce lace where the corner isn't, then this may be the same
factor that makes a straight length of Bucks have a ruffled headside
when the footside is laid straight - "twippering" being a traditional
term.
I thought that twippering is when the cloth stitch trails in Beds lace
wrinkle because the thread is too thick for the spacing of the
pinholes. That definition cam from Sue Willoughby who learned
lacemaking from an elderly aunt who had learned as a child in late 19th
century.
As noted in a previous posting, this was thought a common occurrence
in Bucks point, and a traditional solution was said to be to use half
stitch and twists not whole stitch and twists at the footpin -
Alexandra Stillwell's experiments showing it doesn't always work!
I was taught that an extra twist on whichever pair was at the foot edge
would counteract the tendency for PG lace to curve.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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