For a non-lacemaker the description of chain-stitch embroidery on net is perhaps enough.
However, the chain-stitch is not worked with a needle but with a tambour hook, similar to a very fine crochet hook, which holds a loop, then passed down through the next hole in the mesh to the thread from the reel, pulls a second loop up and through the first one. The technique is related to crochet but with a layer of net in between. A similar technique is also used for attaching beads to fabric; the beads are strung onto the reel thread which is below and on each stitch one bead is pushed up to the fabric so that the next stitch holds it in place. There are also machine versions of Coggeshall lace in which a chain stitch embroidery machine is used. The mechanics of these machines mean that the resulting stitches are exactly the same as the hand worked stitches except that they are of a fixed length and just pierce the net/fabric as and when rather than going into a hole of the mesh each time. Lierre lace as produced in Belgium is the same technique. Brenda On 16 Mar 2011, at 08:55, Gray, Alison J wrote: > I've just been having a conversation with one of my work colleagues about > Coggeshall lace and she wants to know how it is done. I don't know enough > about it to explain, even though I live very near to Coggeshall! Can anyone > give me an simple explanation that a non-lacemaker could understand, please? Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
