Hello Gil and everyone I looked up the generic meaning in my dictionnaire, 'coussin' is 'cushion' (by extension, bolster); 'carreau' is a 'square' or a tile (thus for the block pillow, and possibly the square shaped French pillow that contains a roller) and 'metier' means a trade, and is the same word for 'loom' so I'm thinking it can mean a lacemaking surface in general.
On 5/22/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > The words coussin, carreau and métier all seem to be used in French for a > lace pillow. Please, could any French speaking lacemaker explain the > difference? -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
