Clay thank you so much for making the comment using continental laces as
your example. I agree with all you say concerning the need for coloured
diagrams. Further when working lace from the Dutch 17th century where
the pricking consists of a few isolated pins, the diagram is essential.
I suspe
I've been reading, with interest, the various views on color coded diagrams,
and thought I'm add my perspective.
There are many laces which can be worked from the pricking alone - assuming you
know what the various components are meant to look like. Especially in the
smaller pieces which have
