Your write up was very interesting (as usual!!) Alex. When the Springetts came out to Australia, in the 1980s, Christine showed us a slide show of some of her collection of old lace. I always remember a cap & lappets in Beds Lace, and she pointed out a flower motif on each lappet and the cap, and they were all slightly different.. She said that obviously the pieces had been worked by different people, and they all solved the problems with the flower in different ways. For some reason this always stuck in my mind. We were all fairly new to lacemaking, so all these glimpses of History were fascinating! (They Still are!!!!!!! :) )
Muscle memory is a fascinating subject, too. Now I do mostly Tatting, I find it Very useful!! (Wish the brain memory was as good!! â I keep forgetting my stitch count when interrupted or distracted!! ..Grrr!!) Stay safe and well, everyone. We are now coming out of Lock-down after 5 months, - and it seems to have worked as the State is currently Covid free!! Fingers crossed it stays that way!!) Regards from Liz. L. Melbourne, Oz. - 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/
