I think if you made lace for a living, you went as fast as you could, and certainly making lace with one hand and putting in pins with the other is a big step up in speed. Probably different lacemakers had different solutions to the problem of âhow can I make this fasterâ.
I know when I was making my first 5-metre piece, which was Torchon, I got to know the pattern so well that I didnât have to think about it, and I used to see how fast I could make various parts. I could make a crown during the time it took my teakettle to boil. (the tea was a treat for me because I hated making the crowns). I found a lot of time-saving movements began to happen without thinking, and knowing the pattern so well, and having to repeat it about 275 times, I saw different patterns and different, faster ways to work the bobbins. I got to stop after 5 metres; I donât mean to sound facetious, but try making your Bucks Point pattern as fast as possible for 8-10 hours a day for a decade or so, and see how fast you get! Having said that, of course quality suffers when you go for speed, and we hobby lacemakers can take our time and try to make perfect lace. Watching the video, I was certainly struck by how, um, really not very good, the lace was that she was making. Adele > This youtube is interesting in that the woman is using her left hand > way more than I use mine. In some cases, it seems like she does all > the movements with her left hand and uses the right, principally for > pin placement. Is this an aberration between two lacemakers, or do we > think that this is historically correct? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
