Upon discovering a bobbin in a craft store, I started on my own to search for a lacemaker to go with it. Found one in the village next to mine (thanks to a helpful craft store clerk) and asked if she would be willing to take on an eager student. She was the epitomy of an English "lady" and graciously opened her home, her family and her knowledge of the art to me. She lived with her husband and an elderly friend. This friend was the source of her lacemaking beginnings having been a lacemaker herself and now that she was too frail (in her late 70's/80's I think), she had given her supplies to my teacher. It was absolutely mindboggling for me to see her old bobbins and imagine what her life had been like. I was so excited when I sat down for the first time with my own pillow and plastic bobbins ready to learn everything I could, and learned to do "whole stitch" in a very visual way... Think in fours...starting with the second from the left every time...take "one over" ...then picking up #2 and #4...take "two back". So whole stitch, or cross and twist (for me) was always "one over, two back". The extra twists were called just that...an extra twist. I was wondering if anyone else learned with this terminology? I had the impression it was quite common, but I am beginning to wonder. It may sound more difficult, but linking the wording with what you were seeing happen made it quite simple for me, and my 5 year old daughter picked it up right away.
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