I have lately become obsessed with taking close-up photos of gros point in my collection with my Iphone using the olloclip attachment and a thin transparent millimeter measure that I wedge between the olloclip and the lace. Yes, the 10,000 stitches per square inch is something that is true, not a lace legend. I have to admit that the methodology has its limitations in that the thin millimeter measure does change the plane a bit when doing these close-ups with the olloclip and the highly textured gros point is also challenging. But, what a treat it is to make microscope photos of lace at your kitchen table when bored, using only a cellphone, an inexpensive olloclip and a cheap millimeter measure. No fancy computer or fancy computer skills required. I think that it would be even easier to get thread counts from flat lace such as Nancy's lappet. Wouldn't it be nice to have a flicker account with these photos and for us to vie for the distinction of producing the photo demonstrating the thinnest thread? Perhaps we would even discover something of historical significance. Devon
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