Yardage is a great learning exercise. You learn the techniques used in that piece very well. And you go beyond the learning curve. I think this is a very useful thing. So often we do lace only until we can do it without making mistakes. With yardage, you get to the point where youâre not thinking that hard all the time. Youâve done all the thinking, made all the decisions. Now youâre almost on cruise control. This gave me time to think about the lacemakers making lace in their cottages, or at the doorway to catch the light. Wonder what they were thinking about. It gets dull after a while. But if this were going to put a bit of meat on the table, perhaps pay for some clothing, you continued on. My personal plan was some Bucks edging, much coarser than it would have been originally, and not in linen, but still authentic handmade lace to go on a gown from 1775. Not the lace of choice, evidently Belgian lace was preferred in America, but still possible. Correct me if Iâm wrong, and Iâll use it on an 1815 or 1863 dress. Of course, I went for 2 1/2 feet, 30 inches, getting towards a meter, without once closing the pin on the honeycomb stitch. No wonder it looked strange. I have since begun again. I suspect one can usually find a use for yardage, although I am loath to cut it, but it can be done, I guess. Since itâs for personal use, I would prefer to make the lengths needed for particular projects, then start over.
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where itâs rather cold, 45F 7.5C at 5 p.m., but the bright light of the sunshine says that spring is coming, and winter canât last. - 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/albums/most-recent
