Hi everyone, and to Antje who first asked - I had an enlightening e-conversation with a lacemaker from Idrija, on lace terms in the Idrija lace book of Cook/Tratnik. 'slince' in English, hard to translate directly, but we decided it means more like 'spots' or 'splats' such as the shape made when liquid is spat and hits a surface. The root word is saliva, but the terms describes the shape of the lace element. Not necessarily spider spit, unless a very big spitting spider? eek.
If anyone has the Idrija Lace book, the pattern 'Slince' on page 65 has tiny spiders on an inner ring, and there are the large spots, or splats, for outside ring. On page 72, 'Sukane Slince' these are twisted spots, sukane, meaning twisted, agreeing in the plural. The spider elements are a lot smaller than the 'slince.' Hurray. More etymology: one slinca, many slince (pronounced 'slin-kee' I think). Thanks for asking, Antje, because I had wondered about that, too. -- 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]
