Correct me if my thinking is wrong, but doesn't the element of a leaf tally(points on both ends as opposed to a square tally) constitute handmade as well? I thought machines weren't able to duplicate that. This brings me back to the scans of the barmen machine lace booklet I posted a while back.
Enjoying this discussion :) -- Mark, aka Tatman blog: http://tatmantats.wordpress.com/ Tatman¹s Online Shop: http://tatman.etsy.com email: tatmant...@gmail.com On 6/23/09 4:22 PM, "Vicki Bradford" <twohappyb...@aol.com> wrote: > I agree with Brenda. They both look handmade to me. The top one > definitely shows pinholes and the error in the bottom leaf would > suggest handwork. The bottom one with the trail has enough slight > inconsistencies to suggest handmade, plus I've never seen any machine > made lace which would duplicate the handworking of that sort of a > pattern so exactly. > > Vicki in steamy but sunny Maryland - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
