No practical purpose?
For formal occasions, lappets or a lappet cap framed the face. Think of
them as a frame.
It appears to me that even in Medieval times people wore caps. In part,
because of the difficulty of caring for their hair, usually uncut.
Especially washing it. Not
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> From: Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net>
> Date: February 7, 2017 at 7:25:56 PM EST
> To: devonth...@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [lace] lily lappet - pattern?
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> During all of my years in making lace... mostly from r
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> The lappet of tomorrow... What a great idea.
I'm very fond of lappets and find interesting the transition of their usage
throughout the centuries that they were popular. As time went on, they weren't
necessarily attached to caps, but just pinned to the hair on each side of the
head. If they
In the modern world, the lappet becomes half a scarf. Attach the two lappets
of a pair together in the middle, and wear it under the collar of your dress
coat/jacket with the ends hanging down the front. I've done that many times
with the one I made. Or it could be just wrapped around the
Oh, Devon - what a good idea. I think we should all wear lappets.
Picture Venus & Serena Williams playing tennis with lappets streaming from
their hair. Women doctors in the operating room, lappets demurely tucked into
their scrubs. Women directing traffic, lappets peeking from underneath their
Dear Sue,
Far be it for me to question any challenging lace project. But, I am a little
curious about why you need a lappet. Also, it seems to me that as lappets go,
this one does not really fit the bill because it is not long and, shall I say,
lappet shaped.
I hate to be the bearer of bad
Yes, I was thinking of it more as a purse front or wall-hanging or some such
thing â not being likely to wear a lappet!The flowers are so prettily
designed â weâll all just have to wait and see what it develops into.
I was assuming that Devonia planned that 2 would be made and attached
Thank you all for your helpful comments. Now I'm home and at a printer,
I've been able to print it the photo off, and it comes out quite clearly.
I've added it to my collection of lace to make at some point . Grin!
Sue
suebabbs...@gmail.com
I spotted a lovely piece of lace on page 4 of
Ah! Yes, it is on p. 39 in my book. Maybe this is an example of the difference
between British and North American usage; I would certainly not call this a
vest, but perhaps a Brit would. I think I would tend to call this a plastron,
or possibly a "collar-and-dress-front-all-together-thingy" ;-)
My copy of Louisa Tebbs book is a modern reprint but it doesn't say who
published it. Odd. I'd not noticed it until just now. The piece I like so well
is on page 39, in addition to the cover, called a Vest in Guipure de Flandre.
It could more accurately be called a stomacher. I think it could
..."The other books I had were this one (Honiton Lace by Devonia), Margaret
Maidment’s book, and Louisa Tebbs’ “Art of Bobbin Lace”, all of which were very
old and quite unhelpful.
Adele
West Vancouver, BC"
Speaking of Louisa Tebbs, I sure wish I had a pricking or full sized pattern
for the
Hi, In the back it shows how to order a pricking. Unfortunately the book
looks circa 1900 to me so no chance in getting one now!
Making your own from the illustration is all I can suggest. I do it with
Battenberg lace patterns but I think the lovely lily lappet would be a
little more
Hi Sue:
Judging from the lack of anybody chiming in, I don’t think there is, Sue. The
book wasn’t originally published with patterns, so if you did find one it would
be a pattern that a lacemaker made from the line drawing in the book - and you
already have the drawing. Anyone who thoroughly
I spotted a lovely piece of lace on page 4 of the Honiton Lace book on âthe
professorâs siteâ
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/archive_032.pdf
Does anyone know if there is a pattern or pricking available for this piece
anywhere?
Sue
suebabbs...@gmail.com
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