Hi all,
I'm with Alex -- I most enjoy puzzling out a new pattern or reconstruction
of 17th -- 18th C Binche/Valenciennes. I gain most pleasure from getting it
right with the best technique I'm capable of, and speed is only an issue in
relatively boring spots such as cloth stitch -- hence my
Hi Arachnids
One fact has so far been neglected and that is the difference in speed between
working a new patterns and familiar ones. Having to constantly cope with
techniques instead of repeating the same ones. The lace teachers of the past
insisted that a yard (metre) had to be made of every
