Can anyone tell me about Mechlin Lace? Specifically how does its construction differ from other point ground laces, such as Bucks, Chantilly and Tønder? The lace looks to me somewhat like other point ground laces, but the web site that shows a couple of close-ups pf the new book shows a pricking that looks different to me from what I'm used to seeing. It almost looks as though there's ring pair around the flower motifs, reminiscent of Flanders.
http://www.kloeppelbuch.de/shop/product_info.php?products_id=649&SESS=862676 ab696c49640562facd1d08a659 OR http://tinyurl.com/28m6p9 Thanks for any information that will help me decide I need this book! Barbara Snoqualmie, WA USA ============================================================ Hi Joyce, You have a very good eye. I don't have any scholarly evidence to back me up, but my impression is that Mechlin came first and its ground is a plaited ground that was often worked without pins! Mechlin is firmly in the Binche-Valenciennes-Flanders continental group of laces. So having a ring pair is not an aberration. Point Ground is T T T C pin (In spite of being a Cross Twister, I work point ground Twist Cross.) Mechlin ground, which Ulrike has so kindly put the ground pinholes into, is worked in a hexagon, like point ground, but where point ground just has a single Cross, Mechlin actually plaits a couple of times. The only difference between Mechlin or Ice ground and Droeschel, an even older ground, is the number of stitches in the plait. A lot of point ground designs are clearly borrowed from Mechlin (Lille, Bucks, Beveren, Spanish Ret-Fi (literally "fine net") and worked in the simpler technique of point ground. (All things are relative!). Some of the Czech lace designers have been playing with macro Mechlin ground for the last few years. It has a different flavor and is quite effective. Patty Back to work wage slave! In stormy Silicon Valley USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
