Also on the Professor's site, under "Periodicals" is Needlecraft no.16, Point
Lace Work. This has various patterns for this type of lace, with clear
illustrations not just of the braids, as described by Ilske, but also the picot
edgings and corunnes sold to allow amateur needleworkers to make imitations of
laces. This magazine has patterns for "Honiton Point Lace, where the braids do
look a little like typical Honiton braids, and indeed some were used the eke
out bobbin-made Honiton motifs in the really bad Honiton lace of the period
(the sort the workers described as "rag Honiton"). The museum in Honiton has
samples of these braids, and also some rag Honiton! Some of the stitches and
designs may well be of use as well as interest to the needle lace makers among
us. I find it interesting how things have changed - when this magazine was
written, the readers wanted lace, and were doing the best they could to make
it, whereas now, we want to make
lace, and are more likely to be at a loss to work out how to use it!
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<Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:20:04 +0100
From: Ilske Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [lace] Interesting book on ebay - Old Point Lace
Hello Lacefriends,
During one of my stays in London I baught a book about "The Technique
of Branscombe/ Point Lace" from Lillie D. Trvett. On page 22 - 25 are
pictures from old such laces. about 1870. The braid there was a cord or
a cord on a braid. And this braid looks like hand bobbin lace as the
braids were on very old Luxeuil-laces too. Very nice and very
intersting.
Greetings
Ilske>
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