Lorelei, welcome to the world of Binche.
I can't pretend to be an expert, but after some work and completed
pieces, I have to say it is the most surprising and interesting kind of
lace. I love how you have to be completely absorbed in it while
making it. Once you get the hang of it, the itty bitty thread and
their complicated gyrations make sense and you know where to find that
last pair that has to come from all the way on the other side of the
lace!
I also have an eye for what I know as Antwerp lace which was a little
earlier. It is not quite as complex and I love the patterns. These
are the laces that are in the collections "Karoluskantjes" and "Onder
die Louep". Some of the peasant laces from the Flemish areas are very
similar, too. (OIDFA had a woking committee that produced several
folios of patterns under the titel" Die Leinenkast".
So much lace, so little time!
Patty
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