She was certainly moving the bobbins correctly in the wide shot, I noticed however that the close up hands were much quicker and more confident in their movement.
My DH suggested that I could perhaps be a lacemaking stunt double for such things. :o) I noticed the whole stitch thing too particularly as the bobbins she was working with would have been in the ground section of the lace. Still nice to see lacemaking shown on TV. Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 16 Jan 2011, at 20:38, Jean Nathan wrote: > Queenie has just been shown actually making lace. The actress seemed to know > what she's doing, assuming it was her hands. She was even putting pins in > after a few stitches. The lace coming off the pillow was a Bucks Point edging > about an inch wide. She described to Ruby Pratt how they all used to sit > together in one cottage making lace, which they wrapped in blue paper and > took to a fair once a year to sell. > > Then she showed Ruby how to do it by having Ruby sit in front of her (almost > on her lap) with the pillow on Ruby's lap and guiding Ruby's hands. She > showed her how to do "whole stitch". > > The most exposure lacemaking has had in a long while. The section in > "Edwardian Farm" a few weeks ago was very short and didn't show much of the > process, although Pat Perryman gave a bit of the history of earning a living > making bobbin lace in Devon. > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
