Hi fellow Arachnids, Janis has put forward an interesting and very plausible theory. Are there any other ideas out there?
Happy lace making. Joepie, East Sussex on a bright but very cold day. From: Janis Savage<mailto:thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za> Sent: 12 December 2017 07:54 To: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com> Subject: [lace] Footside on left or right? The question of why the footside of yardage lace is either on the right (mainly English laces) or on the left (mainly European continent laces) has come up regularly over the years and no-one seems to have a definitive answer other than the Brits do everything the other way around from their continental cousins. I have a personal theory, so I take full blame if I am proved wrong. When I first learned to make bobbin lace in England in the late 1970's, photocopy machines were still a rarity so we were taught to trace the pricking from a <................... ...........................> So my theory is that when the Mechlin and Lille lacemakers fled to England , they either took rubbings of their prickings or allowed rubbings to be taken from their prickings in their new country and the quickest and easiest way to make up these designs was to change the side of the footside. I hope that this makes sense and if anyone has problems with my theory I am willing to listen. Lace greetings from Janis in South Africa - 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/