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Sent: Sunday, 25 August 2013, 4:48
Subject: Re: [lace] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace
Elizabeth Kurella ekure...@gmail.com wrote:
Personally, I've always half-wondered if it isn't low self-esteem. Crochet
was for many
I think, too, that crochet gives you lots of freedom to create just from the
end of the hook right where you are, and you don't have to plan it all out
ahead of time. You can decide to put in extra stitches or skip a couple if
things are getting tight. You can stop at any moment and stick in a
I'll take a stab, two actually -
1. you only need a ball of thread and a crochet hook
2. it's faster. Having done filet/lacis, bobbin lace, and needlelace -
seems to me that crochet is faster. I can make a reticella like medallion
in an evening, where doing the same thing in actual reticella
I'd agree with both, and add that in comparison to needlelace there's less
preparation
no need to lay out foundation threads, etc. You just pick up the
hook and go. It's also easier to correct mistakes.
Katrina Worley
kwor...@mac.com
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Elizabeth Kurella ekure...@gmail.com wrote:
It seems to me that crocheting lacemakers are more likely than any other
lacemakers to produce crocheted variations of many other lacemaking
techniques. Ive seen crocheted Cluny, reticella, point plat, Gros Point,
Battenberg, filet and others.
