FYI, I did a search on the title "Pillow lace, a practical hand-book" and
found that there is a Google Books copy of this.
I am not that familiar with this program so it took me a while to get to it
(and the "captcha" was really hard to interpret) but I was able to download
a PDF of this book.
I look forward to finding time to review it, but it appears to be complete.
Thank you,
Pat T.
-----Original Message-----
From: Leonard Bazar
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:10 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [lace] Architect's linen and bobbin lace prickings
I have been following this thread with some interest, in the light of Dr
Mincoff's strong preference for using it. She and Mrs Marriage learnt to
make
lace in Freibourg from "a young Czech", and are very practical with using
what
works and is to hand - though the days of making a pricker by grinding the
point
of a crochet hook to a point on a grindstone are possibly passed! She
is very
much of the school of "use as tough a pattern as you need" - paper
for a
one-off, putting card under it if necessary to make it firmer, and so
on
(p.70-71). She firmly advocates using "architect's tracing cloth" for any
tracing, especially for a repeated pattern, when only one repeat need be
traced,
the paper carefully folded so that one pricking through does the
whole length,
which can be set around a bolster pillow. She does assume that
all pricking
will be done before the pattern is on the pillow. I have tried
the method
successfully, but that was with a le Pompe pattern, so not that
many pinholes,
and some leeway for give and take; I should not fancy it with
a fine Bucks point
pattern, but then neither would the good Doctor - as she
points out, Mechlin,
Valenciennes, Brussels, and Honiton make excessive
demands on eyesight and
patience, Chantilly, Mechlin, Valenciennes, and Lille
are better made by
machines, and "...English laces are, except Honiton,
unattractive..." and so not
for ladies to make! For the curious, that leaves
Russian tape, torchon, Maltese
and Cluny, plaited, and Saxony guipure. The
original book, "Pillow lace, a
practical hand-book" was published in 1907, my
copy is a 1981 reprint by Ruth
Bean, ISBN 0 903585 10 3, with the pricking
information on pages 70-74. It does
live up to its title; some of the
patterns are very attractive, the tips etc are
worth considering and trying
out, and the historical section, while of its time,
is, I feel, scholarly and
sound. The adventurous beginner who wanted to make
practical table linen, of
a traditional style, could find far worse books to
use, though some things
are a little odd!
With best wishes to all for 2011
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