] Re: Thinking person's lace - what about Binche?
Date: 09/09/2003 23:06:28 GMT Daylight Time
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Several of us seem agreed that many bobbin laces
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But it is my (considered g) opinion that *all* continuous laces are
made in the same manner: you work a segment (be it 6 prs or 20), you
come to a point when you can't work it any further, you push those
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you know when you are demonstrating and someone says 'how do you know what
to do' this is how I explain it - you work a bit, run out of bobbins so you
work the bit you need to give you the bobbins.
The way I explain it is that I look for pinholes
Several of us seem agreed that many bobbin laces, certainly floral
Beds, and some of us (at least me) floral Bucks, are for thinking
persons, what about Binche? It's generally thought the most complex
now widely made, and I should have thought at least as much brain
power goes into it. It
