At the most recent Ithaca Lace Day, I attended a Paris Lace class
taught by Helena Demeyer-Fransen (sorry if I've misspelled it).
She mentioned making a "whole stitch," and then she went through all
sorts of "definitions" to make sure she was getting the point
across. Obviously there was just about every definition in use by
one or more of her students, so she was at a loss for a moment.
She then asked if we were familiar with the Belgian color-coding
system. Most, if not all of us, said yes. "So," she said, "when you
get to this point you make a RED stitch." That seemed to do the trick.
Elaine
"Whole Stitch" in bobbin lace is as bad as the confusion of crochet
stitches. Continental bobbin lace and English bobbin lace use the
term differently.
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Elaine Chock <[email protected]>
Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC)
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