Whenever I'm not sure if a word exists, I check the Oxford Dictionary of Spelling. There it is - quite clearly - lacemaker, lacemaking.
Other 'lace' entries are; Lace, laces, laced, lacing, lace-glass, lace-glasses, lace-pillow, lace-up, lacewing, lacewood, lacework, lacey (use lacy) There's no sign of lacer, although American spellings are included if different to English spelling. Now, what are lace-glasses? Liz Pass In Poole,Dorset with another fine day in view. PS The spell checker queried some of the 'lace' words! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com