There *is* a minor difference between the Kat stitch and the Paris
ground. Kat stitch is worked CT/pin/CT. In Paris ground, the first
two pairs are worked CTCT and *then* the pin is put up between the two
pairs (and not closed) then one of these two pairs is worked with the
third pair CTCT, but no pin. And Paris ground is always worked on the
diagonal, so a hole is started in the first pass, and it isn't finished
until the next diagonal row is worked, closing those "holes" and
starting a new set of them.
I have found a very clear set of instructions in "The Technique of Paris
Lace" by Vera Cockuyt. In her book, she instructs to work the diagonal
row downward, by doing CTCT and then a pin... And then she goes back up
that diagonal row and works the CTCT between pairs (with no pin).
Either way is fine, but with anything else in lace, being consistent is
best. My own method is to finish each part and then leave it. It's
too easy to get side-tracked and then when you get back to that row,
you've left it unfinished and errors happen that way.
Clay
On 8/20/2011 3:52 PM, Lorelei Halley wrote:
Achim
I forgot to mention that the ground is in Cook& Stott's book of grounds on
page 38, and they call it "Kat stitch", which is its name in the English lace
tradtion. (Kat stitch sometimes appears as a ground or filling in Bucks point
and other point ground laces.) The pricking in their book does match your
pricking.
There is a ground which matches your lace sample photo, oriented the way yours
is, but it is very rare. It occurs, apparently, in the French tradition,
because I've seen it in materials from the LePuy school. I've never seen an
actual piece of lace that uses it.
Lorelei
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