Sue said "The only other 'binding' that I would 'enjoy' is the idea of Ulrike Voelker where she produced the torchon books in ringbinders. This is also extremely useful to the lacemaker as it also lays flat!"
The main problem with this style for me is that it takes up more room on the shelf. Not only is there the bulk of the binder itself, it also increases the size from standard A4 to A4 plus some top and bottom and extra at the spine for the rings, so it no longer fits on the same shelf with tight A4 book spacing. Â A secondary problem is that UK standard two rings don't give the pages anything like the same level of support that spiral bound does and so pages are at more risk of damage. The pages (of my Grounds volumes at least) are punched for multi-ring binders but the only one of those I have I bought in France - chosen for a pretty cover I didn't realise until I was home that it is 4 not 2 rings. Â Are they standard on mainland Europe or was this an anomaly? Â No doubt they are available in the UK; I'll have to look but I bet they're going to be pricier than a standard two ring binder, and of course that adds to the cost of the book. This is my only gripe about Ulrike's otherwise excellent books, the range of shapes and sizes from thin A5 through A5 height but square, to A4 and on to boxes of loose pricking and unboxed A4 sheets which need a ring binder making them bigger still. As so many of her books cover more than one lace style they are easiest filed together, but the large shelf gap needed for the A4+ ones is wasted on the shorter styles. Also don't forget that although A4 is the European standard both the non-metric USA and the metricated Canada use 'letter' as their default office paper size, so if they can get A4 folders at all, they probably have to pay a premium for them, in the same way we have to here to get anything in 'letter' format. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
