oops. forget what I just said about right side in Flanders & Mechlin The explanation below makes perfect sense. I guess the gimp in Bucks is almost always continuous?
This is why I asked--I'm learning a lot from this discussion. Nancy ________________________________ From: Clay Blackwell <[email protected]> To: Nancy Neff <[email protected]> Cc: Lorelei Halley <[email protected]>; Arachne <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 7:31:02 AM Subject: Re: [lace] right vs wrong sides In Flanders and Binche, the lace is worked with the "wrong" side up. In Binche, this is because we add pairs and throw them out frequently, and when the lace is taken off the pillow and the threads trimmed, the tiny little whiskers are on the wrong side. And my argument for Flanders is that Anne Marie said so in September! She had just finished a wonderful new pattern which shows a panorama of Brugge, when she realized that she had drawn it on the "right side" as the scenes would appear, and had forgotten to reverse the image before doing the design. So, the design had to be copied from the "wrong side" of the vellum. That was a simple fix, but it engraved the "wrong side" bit of information in my brain forever! But the practical reason for the top of the work being the wrong side in Flanders is that sometimes the gimps just drop in and drop out, without being carried along in back. So again, whiskers are being left on the back side. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
