Some hand made lace is weaving - some is not. Some machine made lace is woven, some isn not Some weaving is lace, some is not.
As a starting definition I would describe lace as: A textile fabric constructed from one or more threads which are interwoven or looped together to form a decorative pattern of open and close areas within that fabric. In handmade lace the thread or threads are manipulated manually with the aid of a needle, bobbins, shuttles, hooks etc whilst in machine made lace they are manipulated by mechanical means. What does anyone else think? Brenda On 28 Jun 2010, at 22:08, margaret palen wrote: > here are various descriptions of many kinds of > bobbin lace or needle lace but they are not definitions of either term. True > handmade lace is weaving in contrast to other forms of making "objects" out of > thread or yarn. A definition is a distinct statement of the meaning of a > term. Please share your ideas about definitions for bobbin lace and needle > lace. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
