The early lace machines tried to replicate known lace styles. Some styles they could do partially but they had to have some work done by hand. For example, gimp and picots.
If a lace style had a gimp outline on the motifs, this would be sewn in by hand with a needle. If the lace style was edged with picots, a narrow strip of picot lace was attached by hand with a needle. The people who did this sewing were known as lace sewers or lace workers. They didn't make the lace itself (lace maker) but did work on the lace in one way or another. Alice in Oregon - 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/
