Hi All,
Punch cards are also used for knitting machines and you can get some lovely
lacey patterns. Must "dust off" mine and make something. There has been talk
about knitted socks on another list, years since I have tried some of those.
Mary Carey
Campbelltown, NSW
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This type of loom is called a jacquard loom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom
The concept of how it works was the bases for punch card and tape reading
computers in the 60s and 70s
L
Kind Regards
Liz Baker
On 27 Apr 2013, at 17:23, "David Collyer" wrote:
>> The cards with holes tha
> The cards with holes that the machines use are called punch cards and
and
> this system was used to control many machines before comuters could be
used to
> control them. I always say that lace prickings were the original 'punch
cards', more in fun than meaning it, but who knows?
Dear Friends,
I
Very well put, Lorelei!
Vicki in Maryland
Lorelei Halley wrote:
Hello
I have been thinking about this issue of machine-made versus hand-made
for a
long time, and this seems like an appropriate time to address the issue.
I think that the essential difference between machine made lace and
hand
Dear Lorelei et al,
My children come from engineering families, on both sides, except that
before they were engineers, my father's family were landowning farmers. My
mother's family were poor peasants, but did not make lace. But I can
identify with the hand lacemakers. Making yardage lets y
Hello Brenda,
Sorry I am a bit behind i have again problems with my right hand wrist.
Thsnks for the picture of this Chinese piece. these stiches with the
clear thread are what a machine can do. And so it seems to be exactly
what my girl friend told me on such machine-made pieces they work by
h
Alice wrote:
I have to admit that I'm still learning about various
laces, but my understanding was that 'real' needlelace
could not be duplicated by machine. It's made with
the buttonhole stitch. Each stitch is looped into the
previous row, and interlocks with itself. I don't
know of a machine
I too have spent time Googling for Chinese machine made lace - saw lots
of "crochet lace" that I'd call Barmen or Leavers, and even a little
bit of hand made crochet, but nothing resembling NL. Whilst I'm not an
expert needle lacer I have done enough to know how it is made.
Then I remembered
Hello Brenda,
I am not an expert for needle lace but looking at your mat and
comparing with a piece of my collection from which I know it's done by
a machine and a human hand I have the ipression theyare from the same
producing way. The big parts ot stiches look so accurate a bit too
accurate
I read the article Clay sent to me, and looked at the
picture in the article. I still do not believe a
machine can make buttonhole stitches. I tried to
search the web for info on such, and found nothing.
I'm not very good at searching the web, so maybe
someone else can turn up some information.
> Cc: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> Date: 1/2/2006 8:32:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [lace] Machine made needlelace -- ???
>
> I've just put a scan of my piece of Chinese needlelace onto
>
> http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/chinese_needlelace.htm
> or
>
I've just put a scan of my piece of Chinese needlelace onto
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/chinese_needlelace.htm
or
http://tinyurl.com/7qpav
Do you think it's entirely hand made or just had assembled?
Brenda
On 2 Jan 2006, at 23:49, Clay Blackwell wrote:
I wish I could send the ent
I wish I could send the entire list the story I copied to Alice. It was
originally printed in the February 2004 issue of the NCRL Newsletter (North
Carolina Regional Lacers) and and was written by Kristin Conrad. It gives
an account of the examination of a stunning needlelace tablecloth by Mrs.
I
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