Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:02:39 -0600 From: "Lorelei Halley" <[email protected]> Subject: [lace] RE: Mechlin
Alex Of the books you list, I only have Levey and Palliser. Palliser was trying to be scholarly Hi Lorelei As far as I have managed to understand it the ,Mechlin, made before about 1740 was the early type with an all-over design that rarely contained the ground we now class as Mechlin, i.e. hexagons with vertical plaits of four half stitches with two twists on the pairs on the diagonal sides. I have one piece containing plaits of only three half stitches. From my reading it would appear that it was after this, when the general design changed and more ground was used, that the different names were used. It is most confusing Alex - 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/
