Dear Marianne, I am surprised that you have not received more comments, and so will give you my opinion on this.
The laces you are attracted to are all beautiful, and are all definitely different from the point ground laces that are universally admired and studied. In all honesty, Binche has been explored more than the others. I would recommend that you attend workshops, as the techniques are so style-specific. > Binche, Mechlin, Valenciennes, Point de Paris etc., are quite different. Most are far more complex than point ground laces. They share some techniques, and they are different in other respects, such as the construction of the ground stitches. But they are all splendid! Vera Cockuyt's books are actually quite helpful with regard to understanding the differences, but they offer limited examples to explore and study the unique styles. I am absorbed in Flanders and Binche, and have been for a number of years, but am now beginning to explore the other laces! Enjoy! These are my favorite laces! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA Sent from my iPad > On Jul 17, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Marianne Gallant <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for all the recommendations of where to buy books. > But I guess I didn't make myself clear enough. The main thing I was > asking for what which books I should be looking for to learn Binche, > Mechlin, Valenciennes, Point de Paris etc. Like, are the books by Vera > Cockuyt any good? I have the book on Valenciennes by Annick Staes, and I > will see if I can figure any of it out this weekend, but I find it hard > to get around in the book, since it has 4 languages, so have to page > through quite a bit to get to the next instructions....I guess maybe > I'll copy the English pages and put them in a binder, might be easier to > find my way around. > > I am probably going to have to wait a while with buying any books, > unless I can get them from our one and only Canadian dealer, since our > dollar has dropped considerably against all currencies, like the Euro > was worth CAD$1.32 a month ago, now it is over 1.40, and the pound was > around 1.90, and now is over 2.00 (and 6 months ago it was around > $1.60). It's the reliance on oil export that is killing our economy > right now. > > But in the meantime I would like to know which books are good for > learning these laces. I have been burned before with buying books that > ended up being useless, one of the detriments of not being able to see > the actual book. > > *Marianne* > > Marianne Gallant > [email protected] > threadsnminis.blogspot.ca > > - > 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/ - 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/
