Hello Lorelei and Rose-Marie and all Others,
This different ways to make the half-stich comes from the different pillows.
People who start with a roler-pillow was told to do itin one way I think CT
and the others with the flat pillow and unhooded bobbins the other way
round. Meanwhile it is no
From: Lorelei Halley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
All British lacemakers (as far as I can tell) do half stitch CT. Most, but
no all, western Europeans do it CT. Most, but not all, central Europeans do
it TC. Nearly all eastern Europeans to it TC.
I took a Skansk (Sweden) workshop from Marji Suhm
Rose-Marie
You are right about adding extra twists in certain places when making
spiders. The distinction between who does CT and who does TC seems to be
mostly geographic.
All British lacemakers (as far as I can tell) do half stitch CT. Most, but
no all, western Europeans do it CT. Most, but
