Now my question: For modern lacemakers, is it appropriate to start Flanders and Binche as Antje describes--one bobbin at each end of a length of thread, so that the center can be hung on a pin--as for example, Bucks is started? My thinking is that since I have no idea how the overlapping sewing is done, and don't know anyone who can do it, my best chance of success is to begin and end the way I know how--with sewings into the starting loops.
Do any of you do that? Is it blasphemy?
--Please note that this answer is strictly personal opinion, and may differ from other opinions.--
Lacemaking does not have blasphemy! It has different ways of accomplishing a goal, some traditional and some not traditional.
A well done overlapped sewing becomes almost invisible in the finished product. However, there seems to be fewer and fewer people who know how to do this, or are willing to spend the time learning.
At the same time, there are more and more ways being developed to attach the end to the beginning neatly, without oversewing.
It may not be traditional to use the looped threads and tied ends in Flanders or Binche, but if that is the only way you know to start and end then use it for now. If you enjoy this kind of lace, set a goal to learn the traditional methods in the future.
Again I say this is opinion, not lace law. <G>
Happy lacing,
Alice in Oregon -- where it's raining again.
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