I’ve also seen these workers listed as ‘Perl worker’. Perl being another name for a picot. Diana
> On 14 Jul 2019, at 16:38, Alice Howell <lacel...@frontier.com> wrote: > > The early lace machines tried to replicate known lace styles. Some styles > they could do partially but they had to have some work done by hand. For > example, gimp and picots. > > If a lace style had a gimp outline on the motifs, this would be sewn in by > hand with a needle. If the lace style was edged with picots, a narrow strip > of picot lace was attached by hand with a needle. The people who did this > sewing were known as lace sewers or lace workers. They didn't make the lace > itself (lace maker) but did work on the lace in one way or another. > > Alice in Oregon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
