Janice
Interesting theory!
Lorelei
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Subject: [lace] Footside on left or right?
The question of why the footside of yardage lace is either on the right
(mainly English laces) or on the left (mainly European continent laces)
... answer other than the Brits do everything
The question of why the footside of yardage lace is either on the right
(mainly English laces) or on the left (mainly European continent laces) has
come up regularly over the years and no-one seems to have a definitive answer
other than the Brits do everything the other way around from their
] Footside on left
Australians and New Zealanders also drive on the left.
Ann Blunden in Brisbane Australia
On 23/04/2014 11:19 PM, Jill wrote:
England isn't the only country that drives on the left. Â Japan is another
place, and Malta as well as the US Virgin Islands and there are others.
Jill
I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while
everyone else drives on the right. But, I don't know what that reason is.
Devon
In a message dated 4/23/2014 4:37:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
alexstillw...@talktalk.net writes:
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I have been asked a
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Subject: Re: [lace] Footside on left
I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while
everyone else drives on the right. But, I don't know what that reason is.
Devon
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_j...@myhawkins.co.uk_ (mailto:j...@myhawkins.co.uk) writes:
England isn't the only country that drives on the left. Japan is another
place, and Malta as well as the US Virgin Islands and there are others.
Where are the footsides of the laces of these countries?
Interestingly, Lyn says
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Date:23/04/2014 13:23 (GMT+00:00)
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Subject: Re: [lace] Footside on left
I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while
everyone else drives on the right. But, I don't
Actually the entire UK - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - not just
England, drives on the left. The reason goes back before the time of
automated transport to the days of horseback travel - and highwaymen and
footpads. Supposedly riding on the left allowed the right arm, the sword arm,
to
I remember having a discussion about this when I first started making lace and
someone suggested that somebody simply put the pricking on the pillow upside
down because they weren't all nicely marked as they are now?
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Are you assuming a single point of introduction, during which a mistake was
made? I would assume there were many points of introduction and contact, but
one country, or possibly several, regularized to left footside while most
regularized to right footside.
Also, I would have to disagree with
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From: dmt11h...@aol.com
Date:23/04/2014 13:23 (GMT+00:00)
To: alexstillw...@talktalk.net, lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Footside on left
I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while
everyone else drives
Alice wrote on 9 January
There can be a problem with some laces that use gimp.
Someone once reported that a pattern was almost
impossible to do, as printed in a book. The answer
was that it was printed upside down. When turned
around, the gimp movements were possible.
As Steph noted on 11
From: Leonard Bazar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I generally work with the footside on the right,
certainly for Bucks point, but with it on the left for
early forays into Flandern and point de Paris. I
think there can be a practical difference in working
the different ways, though I'm not sure whether
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