A couple of years ago I decided that I would like to learn how to do Binche
lace. I had read an Arachne discussion similar to this one, about how one
should go about doing that. Some would argue that you need to master
Flanders, Paris and Valenciennes before you can even think about Binche.
Luckily for me someone said "not necessarily!"
As Milada mentioned, knowledge of Flanders is helpful, regarding "the idea
of inputs, outputs, joins, ring pairs, always changing worker". Also Binche
laces often have areas of Flanders ground. You might want to practice a
little Paris ground too, but that's about it. I am on my 4th piece of
Binche lace and have yet to work a Valenciennes plait! I'm not sure what
other features are common between the 2 laces.
So I started by getting the 3 Binche folders from Ann Marie Verbeke-Billiet.
I also have Mary Niven's Flanders Lace, from which I haven't done a
complete Flanders piece of lace, but have practiced the ground. I practiced
a variety of snowball grounds, but they all started to look alike, so I
quit. And I did a patch of Paris ground. Then I jumped right into a BInche
piece (designed by the Japanese gal, whose name escapes me now). It was in
one of the Memories folders.
Vera also has 2 booklets for Binche lace, one is called "Binche, An
Introduction", I think, and the other is "Suggestions to Improve Binche
Lace".
It is really important to be able to read the colored working diagrams!
Without them I'd be lost!
Oh, and be prepared to work with lots of bobbins, and I mean LOTS!
Anita Hansen
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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