Interesting question. "Difficult" is different for different people. Binche is certainly difficult in that you have to follow the diagram carefully, and there are methods of doing that, but nonetheless, there are diagrams, so as long as you know where you are, it's not that difficult to figure out what to do next.
But there are other laces, Withof comes to mind, where the tensioning of the thread needs to be just so, and if you don't, it looks pretty bad. Then there is the fact that mature eyes don't see as well, so if you're at that stage in life, fine threads, Egyptian cotton 140 or higher, means you have to do all sorts of things with lighting and magnification in order to see what you're doing, making the lace quite difficult. There is something referred to as cataract lace, where you enlarge the pricking considerably and use thicker thread to avoid this issue. Brits, until recently, did not believe in diagrams at all, so a good lacemaker is expected to be able to know what to do just by looking at the pricking. If you're not quite that good, it is very difficult. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where the weather is lovely, and my antique roses are blooming. Heady fragrance comes in the kitchen window. "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." -----Original Message----- >From: Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi <[email protected]> >What is the most difficult *type* of lace to make? I'm guessing it is >Binche. Is that correct? > - 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/
