I don't know whether there are other laces with the footside on the right, but here's another possible reason - what if they copied patterns by rubbing on the 'wrong' side? Then they'd have to turn the rubbed pattern over to work it, which would flip the footside.
Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) On 2014-04-23, at 1:36 AM, Alex Stillwell wrote: > Hi Arachnids > > I have been asked a question. ‘Which laces have the footside on the left and > which on the right?’ As far as I know only the English laces Bucks Point and > Bedfordshire have the footside on the left. Even the English Downton has it on > the right. Does anyone know of any other laces with it on the right? > > As for why I have several ideas. 1) Someone with little experience or who had > not made it for some time introduces lacemaking in England. 2) The person > introducing the lace wanted to put her ‘stamp’ on it. 3) The person who > introduced the lace worked it out how it was made by examining the lace. > > Any information, comments and discussion is going to be very interesting. > > Happy lacemaking - 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/
