[lace] help on english terminology

[Margot Walker]

It would be nice if we English-speaking lace makers could standardize 
our terminology.  At the moment, we have to find somewhere in the 
book/article how the author defines the two terms.

Here are the usual definitions:
U.S.:  Cloth stitch is cross, twist, cross and Whole stitch is cross, 
twist, cross, twist (i.e. 2 half stitches making 1 whole stitch)
U.K.:	Whole stitch is cross, twist, cross and Whole stitch and Twist 
is cross, twist, cross, twist  ('cloth stitch' isn't used)

As a 'neutral' Canadian, I think the U.S. terminology is more logical 
and prefer to use it.

On Sunday, January 23, 2005, at 06:54  AM, Carolina G. Gallego wrote:
As a non English mother tongue, I am wandering which is the difference 
and the most important: what do you understand by "wholestitch and 
clothstitch".
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada, where our third 
blizzard in 10 days is about to start.  We're expecting 40cm of snow.

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