I am making lace for an alb. I want to get it done before I die and that may take some two hours every day. LOL. Anyway if someone could research what the women did who made it fast and accurate for a living, to put food on the table and clothes on their backs, I would love to learn. I want to start with the leather on the pillow.
Karisse Windy, Cold Washington State On November 24, 2020 at 8:58 AM, lynrbai...@supernet.com wrote: Pierre et al, That is the famous lady at Kantcentrum whom I mentioned in a prior post on this thread. She is just amazing. A number of years ago, I made lace for two altar cloths. It took over two years to finish the project, working at least 2 hours every day. I felt I was experiencing, in a very small way, the way it was for the commercial lace makers, doing it for money. For them, speed meant food on the table. So learning to make lace as fast as I can, accurately, is something that interests me. Clearly practice is important, but also there must be certain techniques taught. I wonder if anyone has ever questioned the famous lady at Kantcentrum as to what she was taught that made her so speedy. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it is close to freezing, but also very sunny, which is nice to have in November. "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." Pierre Fouche wrote? Thank you for the wonderful video links, everyone! And to prove the point that speed is possible with many bobbins on the pillow (and Flanders at that!) too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUHFZrJIzTo (I love the casual peek at the pair diagram next to her halfway through..) It seems that a one-hand "flick" of the pairs (fairly low on the bobbins' shafts), (continental bobbins, palms down) instead of picking them up is this lacemaker's technique. I just tried it on the pillow, and it will take some practice to get used to, but it might be worth the effort! I normally pick up the bobbins, and if I try to work faster this way, the bobbins start to "bounce" off the pillow (and tangling them out of order). A light, one-handed flick is a much more efficient movement that would avoid this problem too. - 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/
