I am not sure that I buy the heel ball theory, because  wouldn't that 
result in the footside switching every single time the pattern was  copied? In 
that case, wouldn't every country make lace with footsides on the  right and 
left interchangeably? I think the fact that they were copying with  heel 
ball, which might result in reversal,  and yet the footside was always  on the 
left indicates a conscious decision to always put the footside on the  left. 
 
I am inclined to agree with Jane that right handedness has a  lot to do 
with the general preference for right handed footsides. 
 
Devon

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