I for one want to thank both of you for showing us these facinating techniques. As a retired goldsmith and lacemaker I can understand the skill and time involved in the work.
Avital - you are saying that your pictures are of the work of a machine? Can you discribe more about the 'machine' part, it is out of the picture I believe. It seems to me this would be somewhat comparable to the 'wire lace' some of us have/are doing. Lorri > > I think the source of the confusion is that we're talking about two > different techniques, both called Spanier arbeit. If you look at my > photos of the machine with a work in progress, you will see that it is > very different from the German PDF. I translated parts of the PDF and > examined the photos quite carefully to compare them. The machine that > I saw actually weaves a thin metallic ribbon over and under 4 cords. > The Austrian version that you refer to uses a much wider metallic > ribbon or wire and coils it around two supporting cords. > > The Austrian version looks quite fragile and is more suitable for the > women's elaborate head-dresses in the photos. The Jewish examples in > the Israel Museum use a braid form along the collar of a prayer shawl. > This part of the tallit must be very durable because it is constantly > being folded and shaken out and handled. It would also have to be > quite flexible because it drapes around the neck. You couldn't do that > with the version of Spanier arbeit that is used for the German > head-dresses. > > Best wishes, > > Avital > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:40 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Spanier Arbeit has not much to do with bobbin lace. Ill try to explain > > (having learned it some 15 or so years ago), but give you as well a link > > to a pdf where you will find good fotos. > > You work on a bolster pillow on a tape lace-like pattern. While working, > > two ticker cotton threads follow the outline of the tape. A flat wire is > > wound around both cotton threads and fixed with one metallic thread on > > each side. You simply turn two or four times on each side, then wound > > again the flat metal wire around both. > > > > Here is the link: > > http://members.aon.at/rosamichl/Anleitung_Lam_technik.pdf > > The homepage to it is: > > http://members.aon.at/rosamichl/page_1_1.html > > You will see that this kind of work was/is used for traditional hats in > > southern Germany and Swizzerland. > > Mrs Selb explains, that the technique was a well kept secret. There was > > only one woman in her area who was able to make it. She took about 360 > > hours for one cap. > > > > Gabriele > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
