How they kept count? - I think this might be where the ‘Striver’ or ‘King pin’ was used. Placing a decorated pin on the footside where they began a repeat, on completing that pattern or number of rows/pins they would put in another ‘striver’ thereby ‘striving’ to complete the pattern and so on. They would be able to see at a glance how much work they had accomplished. I hope that is understandable! I’m presuming that you know about the decorated pins used by the East Midlands Lace makers?
Diana in Northamptonshire > On 21 Nov 2017, at 20:10, DevonThein <devonth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What does it mean to work the old lady out of the ditch? I seem to recall that > it had something to do with working the worker through the edge. But is that > all? In Running River that would mean a catch pin, two linen, the edge stitch > and bac through the two linen. > Or does it mean work the entire little area of tulle ground until you can’t > go any farther. > > They seemed to count things in units of 20 pins. Does anyone know how they > kept the pins for reference? Did they count them onto a pin cushion? If they > removed them in groups of twenty, that would seem to slow you down a bit since > you have to count them as you remove them. In the tulle area you go through > twenty pretty fast. > > Also, with the counting tells, it would seem that a systemic rhythm would be > difficult since the pattern determines how often you place a pin. In the tulle > area you would place them much faster than in the cloth stitch river area. > > Also, do you think these children did it really fast, or really slow? I can > see adults could do it fast. (My wrists are hurting from the practice session > I just had.) But not so sure about children, especially ones who are > memorizing and reciting rhymes. I am going to have someone read them to me > while I work. No way can I recite a long rhyme and also do the pattern. > > Devon > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
