I just noticed that the texture on my plastic wastebasket is an enlargement of needle-made lace, sufficiently detailed that I can tell that the needle in question was in an embroidery machine. They must have scanned a piece of chemical lace to create the design. The effect is similar to the bicycle basket (it's even the same color!), but I'm pretty sure we didn't pay $70 for it.
I don't think thread lace would be a good trimming for a bicycle basket, as stuff on the outside of a vehicle doesn't take any time at all to get filthy. One might make really-coarse lace and soak it in spar varnish. Which brings up the idea of replacing my wire panniers with wire-lace panniers, but even if I had the requisite tools and skills, I don't think I'd like hooking my ugly old bungees into wire lace. Not to mention the question of working the reflectors into the design. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the not-rainy interval is over. - 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
