Hi everyone, I hope I’m understanding this correctly. When I studied Spanish Blonde at the Lace association in Barcelona in 2015, the same thing was explained to me about pinning only on either side of the tulle. I also did not prick the pattern. I did however use a pin in every stitch of tulle, because I was a beginner and wanted more security.
Best, Elena Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2017, at 16:53, Maria Greil <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Annette, > > What you write about Spanish blonde has made me very curious. Would you > mind telling us a little bit more about the 'very old prickings' an English > speaking Spanish lace historian gave you for the Gild collection? As much > as you tell (and Antje already found out and perfectly described) it can > only be Almagro blonde. > > Thank you. > > Maria Greil > a German lacemaker living in Spain > > 2017-12-03 22:55 GMT+01:00 Annette Meldrum <[email protected]>: > >> Hi all, >> Interesting discussions. >> In Spain, I was given some very old Spanish blonde prickings for our lace >> guild archive. The lacemaker who donated them, explained that the ground >> was only pricked in each alternate row as lacemakers only pinned alternate >> rows to make the work quicker. She is a lacemaker and lace historian, so I >> trust her knowledge. >> The prickings are well used and indeed only pricked in alternate rows. >> Annette, enjoying an unusually rainy and cool day, in Wollongong Australia. >> >> >> >> From: Diana Smith >> Hi Alex >> Like you I’ve studied many old prickings over the years but very few >> without the ground pricked. >> >> I have a theory, that in order to save time when working large areas of >> point ground some workers would work a row of stitches without pinning up, >> at the end of the row the pins were inserted into the pricked holes all in >> one go. One worker bobbin would follow a row and would therefore be used to >> tension the work. I’ve tried this and it works well. >> >> Diana >> >> - >> 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/ >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> - >> 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/ - 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/
