May I put an English viewpoint here?
Generally, we advise those wanting to do Binche to have a good grounding in
Flanders first. To get used to the coloured diagrams, how they work, and to
find out if working from diagrams is achievable. (if you can't, Binche will
be very difficult). Also to get the idea of inputs, outputs, joins, ring
pairs, always changing worker....
Then, I like my students to have done some Paris - enough to be able to see
the 3 directions of the pairs, and how to check the directions of the
threads. And to work without support pins in the ground.
Yes, there is some Valenciennes in Binche, but only very small areas, and if
you are experienced in the other aspects, most students can cope with the
occasional Val plait.
I don't personally know the book by Cockuyt on Val, but I have seen her book
on Binche - my preference would be the book by Niven, and then the 3 folders
by Ann Marie Verbeke-Billiet, which is how I learnt.
However, Binche is not like either Torchon or Flanders, which are both very
geometrical and regular.
It has so many components, ever changing directions of work, and more
complex techniques - more variety in one pattern than in any other lace -
that you can never 'know it all' Each new pattern is a challenge.
I have now been going to Brugge for over 15 years of lessons with Ann Marie,
and still I have lots to master and perfect - but thats the beauty of
Binche.
Any more questions?
Cheers, Milada
in a wet, windy and cold Somerset (not the 'land of summer' at the moment)
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