Devon, The UK Lace Guild has a draft of a book on lacemaking by Ethel Nettleship in which the instructions tell you to work with one hand for the bobbins and the other for placing pins. I can’t remember the details and I’m away from home right now but have them somewhere at home. I can look them out when I get home at the end of the month. Ethel Nettleship was an interesting lady who made lace in colour with subjects like parrots, cats, and even bread and butter! As far as I remember she was making lace in the 1930s and 40s - the UK Lace Guild now has her surviving lace and prickings in its Museum Collection.
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