PS. They ALL relied on the simple buttonhole stitch, whether with or without the use of colour!
Catherine Barley Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com ----Original message---- >From : [email protected] Subject : Re: RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on ----Original message---- >From : [email protected] Subject : RE: [lace] Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s on - Surely ALL needlelace is worked by the execution of the simple buttonhole stitch. if not, what other stich is used to work examples of Ros Hills, Contemporary needlelace, Bath's needlelace, or antique laces such as Point de Gaze, Hollie Point, Burano, Halas, Alencon, Youghal, Boris etc - they are all made with variations of either grouping, twisting, voiding etc on a simple Buttonhole stitch! Which stitch did Ros Hills, Jill Nordfors Clark and Virginia Churchill Bath use if wasn't the simple Buttonhole stitch I wonder? Catherine Barley - 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/
