I'm not sure where one would draw the line--do the seams have to be handsewn? The cloth hand-woven? The thread hand-spun? The fibers hand-harvested or carded? The cotton hand-grown or the sheep hand-reared and shorn?
The reason I take the question to such a silly extreme is that we can all agree that the extreme is silly, but where in-between does it stop being silly? There are lace equivalents, I think, such as Carrickmacross and Battenberg. I've had people tell me that they don't consider either "real lace", the first because it is "basically embroidery" and the second because it uses machine-made tapes. But both require handwork to achieve the results, and skilled handwork if the results are going to be pleasing, and the results are certainly lace if one uses any of several definitions--e.g., holes with threads around them, textiles with a pattern of holes in them, etc. Perhaps Carrickmacross on machine-made net is not lace but guipure Carrickmacross is? What about drawn work? Well, these statements/questions should bring some opinions out of the closet!! Nancy Connecticut, USA ________________________________ From: Margery Allcock <[email protected]> To: Arachne list <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 3:24:07 PM Subject: RE: [lace] Hand made crochet - not. > that she wouldn't call something made with a sewing machine > hand made but she > said she would. Is this the difference between "hand made" and "home made", then? Margery. ======================================== [email protected] in North Herts, 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
