Hi All,
I an not too enamoured of the mounting of the lace pieces which need it!
I always used to do it my hand, in the traditional way, but .... one of my
friends volunteered to mount a handkerchief edge when I was chuntering one
evening about having to do it. Naturally, I didn't turn down the offer,
only to realise a bit later on that she was going to machine it to the
linen. I was taken aback, to say the least, as I wasn't sure that was a
good idea, but didn't like to say this to her! She told me that she'd
have it for me in about two days time, so I gritted my teeth, and wondered
what I had done to my precious lace.
But - when I rceeived the lace hankie, it was beautiful! The mounting was
done with a very fine zigzag stitch, and was of course far neater than I
could have done by hand - the upshot of it all being that I now mount most
things with the zigzag stitch on the machine, the exceptions being things
which are round or oval, and which I still do by hand. I know that
traditional lace-makers are probably horrified at that, but it really is a
lot neater than I can do it now, and I am also sure that, had the old
lace-makers had these new-fangled machines for taking the tedium out of lace
making, and speeding up the earnings rate, they would have used them!
Take care, and may your pins never bend.
Carol - in Suffolk UK
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