RE: [lace] Mechlin and lace terminology

2017-02-14 Thread Lorelei Halley
<lace@arachne.com> Subject: Re: [lace] Mechlin and lace terminology Lorelei, It may be because I am both a collector and a lacemaker, but I don't see that the two groups differ in what they want to use a name for--to be a short-hand for some set of data. ... - To unsubscribe send ema

Re: [lace] Mechlin and lace terminology

2017-02-14 Thread Nancy Neff
Lorelei, It may be because I am both a collector and a lacemaker, but I don't see that the two groups differ in what they want to use a name for--to be a short-hand for some set of data. The data that you as a lacemaker want to know is the same as what I think collectors want to know--techniques,

[lace] Mechlin and lace terminology

2017-02-14 Thread Lorelei Halley
We have a constant problem with terminology, partly because we comprise 2 different groups of people - collectors and lace makers. I am not willing to say one is right and the other wrong. But our perspectives are different. As I understand it, the collectors want a name they can use to reference