Hi fellow Arachnids, I believe that some black lace was made with white thread and dyed black and some made with black thread. If you have some old pieces of black lace you do not mind unpicking you can see for yourselves. Lace dyed after it is made will be very slightly lighter inside the crossings and twists where the dye has not penetrated as deeply. Lace made with black threads will be darker inside the crossings and twists as it will not have faded as much as the outside of the threads.
Joepie in East Sussex, where Autumn is trying to creep in. From: Diana Smith<mailto:diana.trevo...@btinternet.com> Like Alex Ive always understood that on the whole black lace produced in the English east Midlands was worked with white thread which was later dyed. On the other hand I have old Beds lace prickings on grey card which I believe were used for work with black thread. Diana in Northamptonshire > On 4 Sep 2018, at 16:37, N.A. Neff <nancy.a.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have found black thread hard to work with if the pricking is made of a > card too light in color. <..............> > I have come to greatly prefer a medium-dark red card for my prickings, for > white, ecru, and black threads all. It is much easier on my eyes than the > brighter or lighter blue cards. > > Nancy - 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/
