Hello Annette, What you write about Spanish blonde has made me very curious. Would you mind telling us a little bit more about the 'very old prickings' an English speaking Spanish lace historian gave you for the Gild collection? As much as you tell (and Antje already found out and perfectly described) it can only be Almagro blonde.
Thank you. Maria Greil a German lacemaker living in Spain 2017-12-03 22:55 GMT+01:00 Annette Meldrum <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > Interesting discussions. > In Spain, I was given some very old Spanish blonde prickings for our lace > guild archive. The lacemaker who donated them, explained that the ground > was only pricked in each alternate row as lacemakers only pinned alternate > rows to make the work quicker. She is a lacemaker and lace historian, so I > trust her knowledge. > The prickings are well used and indeed only pricked in alternate rows. > Annette, enjoying an unusually rainy and cool day, in Wollongong Australia. > > > > From: Diana Smith > Hi Alex > Like you Iâve studied many old prickings over the years but very few > without the ground pricked. > > I have a theory, that in order to save time when working large areas of > point ground some workers would work a row of stitches without pinning up, > at the end of the row the pins were inserted into the pricked holes all in > one go. One worker bobbin would follow a row and would therefore be used to > tension the work. Iâve tried this and it works well. > > Diana > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
