Leaving Lace to "Set"
FWIW, there are many seamstresses that don't think they need to hang a garment
for a period of time before heming, etc., either, and many knitters wear
sweaters without blocking/dressing them. Then they wonder why the hem is
uneven over time or the sweater curls at the hem or looks more homemade.
I can go on at length about all of the various cuts and styles, fabrications
via weave and fabric content and then the body types that the textiles go on
that can greatly be affected in outcome by wetting, hanging, and so forth.
Essentially one is giving the textile the chance to come to it's fullest
fruition by allowing it an opportunity to show it's own personal
characteristics first.
When knitting lace, many think they don't have to wash and then dress/block,
but their piece typically hasn't come to it's most stellar beauty if it isn't
done.
I am not an expert on the various forms of lace done by most on this list, but
would guess that allowing something to "rest" and perhaps even spritzing or
steaming it would give the design a chance to set. One could also "mold/coax"
and modify results in addition.
Sharing just in case this provides another perspective or is helpful in some
way. As I often tell my children, "Just because everybody does it, doesn't mean
it is right or the only way." <G>
HTH,
Susan Reishus
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