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Malvary, This technique must have seemed logical,
The number of wraps in Lassen stitches would logically depend on the size of
the original thread, the type of stitches used, and the size of the wrapping
thread. The idea is to fill each little section of the stitches with
wrapping. Each section needs filled, but not overfilled. If it takes
Although Lassen by that name is probably Belgian, surely it doesn't mean
they are the only people who ever thought of the overlap and sew idea. They
might have copied and adapted from the way that finished and bought lace had
been cut and joined to use in garments by skilled dressmakers for
"For 'lassen' of lace the following are required:
-- ...
-- Cotton thread in the same colour used to make the lace, but much
thinner. In the more substantial laces made of flax, a thin flax thread can
be used.
-- Thin smooth basting/tacking thread.
-- ..."
That's all that is said about the
I have come across some excerpts from a 1993 handout for the Lace Teacher
Training Program at Kantcentrum, on joining and attaching lace. There is a
section on lassen. The author (Louise Allis-Viddeleer) says what I've been
arguing for, that lassen developed when handkerchiefs developed
