Aantal spelden is the number of rows of grid points
in a pattern repeat ie double the number of edge stitches.
If that is not clear g consider that the left hand pair from the last
ground stitch on the left passes out through the left edge gimp and
makes the edge stitch in a pinhole one row below
Yes, you will need lots more than 68 pins!
The number of pins line seems to indicate the number of pins, (counting
down the footside) in the pattern to complete a whole repeat . it's easier
to check on the following pages where the number of pins is lower
Sue
I recently acquired a copy of
More or less the whole pricking on page 145 is one repeat of the pattern.
That pattern has two different sorts of fillings used, so the repeat is
twice as long as I initially thought). I keep losing count but it must be
about 68 dots from the top of the first diamond to the bottom complete
I too look forward to the definitive answer from a Dutch member.
Meanwhile, as we seem to be the only people battling the translation
challenge, I still do not see how to reconcile your counting with the
simple pattern on page 146, where there are no variations in the repeats,
and there seem
--- Noelene Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recently acquired a copy of the book Kant uit
Vlaanderen en 's Gravenmoer
Aantal spelden: 68 Number of pins
I don't understand the Number of pins line. Can
anybody offer an
explanation? Surely one would need more than 68
pins!
When I
According to the International Lace Dictionary, aantal is number and speld
is
pin. Obviously the ...en ending will alter the meaning somewhat.
-en makes it plural
As Sue says, the number given definitely equals the count of the footside
pinholes of one complete pattern repeat.
I asked
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Does the precise
number of pinholes make a lot of difference. ...
Perhaps the end use of the lace governed
whether it was a short repeat or a more ornate
pattern.
I'm going to make a wild guess on this. The
traditional end use of this lace was on a bonnet.
