So amazing, when I examined an old, old lace under a linen tester, to realize the lace was made of handspun singles (linen). Well, we work with what we have, and whatever we do a lot of, we get good at, such as when handspinning was the norm. The industry of flax was in its heyday and a suitable pace of life along with it.
And yes, Jonathon knows his stuff. I once asked him if handspun thread was ever used for Honiton, and he patiently explained machine threads were only used (when I think of it - yes of course - d-oh...). On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:55 AM, M. L. Mouzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is another area of lacemaking that has always amazed me...to think that > the fine threads we have seen in old lace was EVER hand spun!!! > Jean Leader wrote: >> >> The suggestion I've heard for spangles on English Midlands bobbins is that >> these lacemakers were the first to use machine-spun thread - a reasonable >> surmise as they were living close to where the first spinning machines were -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
