A few years ago OIDFA published a very detailed study of all the point ground laces "Point Ground Lace; a Comparative Study" >From the diagrams of the various types of footsides it appears that Bucks >Point and Malmsbury are alone in having the footside traditionally worked on >the right. Downton is with all the continental varieties with the footside on >the left.
Technically there is no reason why any point ground pricking can't be worked either way around - unless perhaps the pattern is very complex and there is something, perhaps to do with the gimps, that makes it easier to work in one or other direction. Someone more experienced than me will have to come in on this. As for right and wrong sides to point ground, yes I was told by Sue Willoughby who learned BL as a child from her aunt, that the old lacemakers did consider that Bucks Point is made face up because the gimps are slightly more prominent. It's not to do with the way the gimps are passed between the threads, just that the gimp is thicker than the main threads and when the two sets of threads are both lying flat against the pricking the other side of the gimp thread will be more prominent. Brenda > > You mention that the side the footside is on "goes with English or > continental > working methods"--it this true even for all the various point ground laces? > that > Bucks, Downton, etc. would all be worked with the the footside on the right, > and > even similar continental laces such as Tonder or Lille would be worked with > the > footside on the left? That English channel is a lot wider than it looks, > isn't > it!?! > Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
