Alex is right in what she says: what is a correct name?
It depends on many factors: the village/area/country it came from, the time
period when it was used, the context in which it is used, etc.
As a Dutch linguist in English, Dutch and German, I find it fascinating how
names of everyday items and implements, plants, flowers, nicknames etc
vary from village to village even within a small area.
e.g. I learned at school about the bramble (and still call it that) though
locally it is a blackberry.
So the same will have happened with needlework and lace terminology.
Therefore, I also agree with Alex, that diagrams are probably the best way
to show the different "stitches" or movements, and then
(perhaps) supplying a list of alternative names for each movement -
obviously this could get quite a long list, but perhaps just the 3-4 most
common ones.
Btw
If I do not know the English word/expression for something, I'll use the
Dutch one instead. Lots of people pretend not to notice, others
just look at me with a look of: "I know what she means, I think". (e.g
Better one bird in the hand, than ten in the sky, or, To fill in the
pothole, after the calf has drowned).
My children have adopted some of these, using them and therefore making them
a part of the English language.
Just as with different names for identical lace stitches, it all depends on
where the name came from and how it is changing.
Is not language wonderful!
Agnes Boddington-van Giersbergen
Hi Arachnids
Giving a 'correct name' is possibly a misconception. I compiled a lace
dictionary following problems we had when the City & Guilds Lacemaking
section
was set up.
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