Queenie has just been shown actually making lace. The actress seemed to know
what she's doing, assuming it was her hands. She was even putting pins in
after a few stitches. The lace coming off the pillow was a Bucks Point
edging about an inch wide. She described to Ruby Pratt how they all used to
sit together in one cottage making lace, which they wrapped in blue paper
and took to a fair once a year to sell.
Then she showed Ruby how to do it by having Ruby sit in front of her (almost
on her lap) with the pillow on Ruby's lap and guiding Ruby's hands. She
showed her how to do "whole stitch".
The most exposure lacemaking has had in a long while. The section in
"Edwardian Farm" a few weeks ago was very short and didn't show much of the
process, although Pat Perryman gave a bit of the history of earning a living
making bobbin lace in Devon.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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