I was have a little dip into Rosemary Shepherd's new book "An Early Lace Workbook" and on page 63 I read this:
"To press some of the stitches flat I used the round end of a 19th century bone bodkin as an afficot (not having a lobster claw to hand)." Well, I wanted to know what an afficot is? I looked up www.dictionary.com & the word could not be found. So, is it a French word pronounced like "picot" & not like "apricot"? I also googled the word & came up with 2 references on the Arachne Archive when in Jan. 2007 a real lobster claw was raffled. Can anyone describe what an afficot looks like & how is it used? Thanks, Pene - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
