My sister and I have watched the ladies making lace in Camariñas on many
occasions.
They work very fast and we were intrigued by the way they make leaves.
Across and back 3 or 4 times or more and then pull them up into leaf shape.
We asked one lady if she could go slower so we could watch how she did it,
but for her it was almost impossible to slow down very much. She explained
that the children go across and back once, then as they get older they add
more times as they get more experience.
We do notice that while they work very quickly, they also spend a lot of
time sorting their bobbins to get them in the right order and without twists
before they continue. They are making lace for sale so obviously need to
work as fast as they can. For me, it is my hobby and my relaxation I don't
need to speed along. I do make my cloth stitch as described before if I'm
doing something that has expanses of cloth stitch. I do a lot of Milanese
and Idrija style lace, so don't often have large areas.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Malvary in Ottawa where we had 20 cm of wet heavy snow last evening and
strong winds to blow it around.
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