I really like these lace tells. From what I am reading, it would appear that the beginning of the 19th century was a good era for lace tells. The comment about men making lace as more profitable than agricultural labor is startling. But, the beginning of the 19th century was reputedly very good for English lace because there were embargoes on French lace due to the Napoleonic Wars. This period is also a period that featured lace with a lot of point ground and very small motifs, so you could conceivably put in pins at quite a clip, as the lace tells imply. (I have been taking a binche class, and I barely have to refill my pin cup once in a day, since the pins go in so infrequently, so slow is the work.) Supposing that I want to do a bit of performance art at the Brooklyn Lace Guildâs St. Catherineâs Day party. Supposing I want to make a historically correct pattern while chanting a tell to see if I can make lace as fast as an early 19th century child. I would need a pattern that I could work quickly, and learn quickly, something that a child in Olney might make. Suggestions? Devon
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