RE: [lace] Bucks Prickings

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi ladies, 
As you requested more information, I checked my notes, and this is what I 
recorded. Spanish Blonde prickings, known to be over 100 years old. They are 
designed for a triangular mantilla, with the borders heavily worked and the 
ground worked in strips with flowers at intervals. Pins were expensive, so they 
only used every second hole and it is evident that only every second row is 
fully pricked. Suitable for 120 thread, doubled and twisted for the flowers for 
better coverage, 250 thread for the ground. It was explained to me that Spanish 
Blonde lace is not as fine as the French Blonde lace. The correct name is 
French Blonde lace in the Spanish tradition.
As you suggest, it could be Almagro blonde, but I did not record that and maybe 
it was not suggested as I would not have understood the difference.
Sorry for any confusion, 
Best wishes
Annette in Wollongong, Australia

From: Elena Kanagy-Loux
Hi everyone,
I hope I’m understanding this correctly. When I studied Spanish Blonde at the 
Lace association in Barcelona in 2015, the same thing was explained to me about 
pinning only on either side of the tulle. I also did not prick the pattern. I 
did however use a pin in every stitch of tulle, because I was a beginner and 
wanted more security.
Best,
Elena 

Maria Greil  wrote:
>  Hello Annette,
>  What you write about Spanish blonde has made me very curious. Would 
> you mind telling us a little bit more about the 'very old prickings' 
> an English speaking Spanish lace historian gave you for the Gild 
> collection? As much as you tell (and Antje already found out and 
> perfectly described) it can only be Almagro blonde.
> Maria Greil
> a German lacemaker living in Spain

Annette wrote"
>> Hi all, Interesting discussions.
>> In Spain, I was given some very old Spanish blonde prickings for our 
>> lace guild archive. The lacemaker who donated them, explained that 
>> the ground was only pricked in each alternate row as lacemakers only 
>> pinned alternate rows to make the work quicker. 
>> The prickings are well used and indeed only pricked in alternate rows.


>> From: Diana Smith
>> Hi Alex
>> Like you I’ve studied many old prickings over the years but very few 
>> without the ground pricked.
>> 
>> I have a theory, that in order to save time when working large areas 
>> of point ground some workers would work a row of stitches without 
>> pinning up, at the end of the row the pins were inserted into the 
>> pricked holes all in one go. One worker bobbin would follow a row and 
>> would therefore be used to tension the work. I’ve tried this and it works 
>> well.
>> Diana


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Re: [lace] Bucks Prickings

[Elena Kanagy-Loux]

Hi everyone,

I hope I’m understanding this correctly. When I studied Spanish Blonde at the 
Lace association in Barcelona in 2015, the same thing was explained to me about 
pinning only on either side of the tulle. I also did not prick the pattern. I 
did however use a pin in every stitch of tulle, because I was a beginner and 
wanted more security.

Best,
Elena 

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> On Dec 5, 2017, at 16:53, Maria Greil  wrote:
> 
> Hello Annette,
> 
> What you write about Spanish blonde has made me very curious. Would you
> mind telling us a little bit more about the 'very old prickings' an English
> speaking Spanish lace historian gave you for the Gild collection? As much
> as you tell (and Antje already found out and perfectly described) it can
> only be Almagro blonde.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Maria Greil
> a German lacemaker living in Spain
> 
> 2017-12-03 22:55 GMT+01:00 Annette Meldrum :
> 
>> Hi all,
>> Interesting discussions.
>> In Spain, I was given some very old Spanish blonde prickings for our lace
>> guild archive. The lacemaker who donated them, explained that the ground
>> was only pricked in each alternate row as lacemakers only pinned alternate
>> rows to make the work quicker. She is a lacemaker and lace historian, so I
>> trust her knowledge.
>> The prickings are well used and indeed only pricked in alternate rows.
>> Annette, enjoying an unusually rainy and cool day, in Wollongong Australia.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Diana Smith
>> Hi Alex
>> Like you I’ve studied many old prickings over the years but very few
>> without the ground pricked.
>> 
>> I have a theory, that in order to save time when working large areas of
>> point ground some workers would work a row of stitches without pinning up,
>> at the end of the row the pins were inserted into the pricked holes all in
>> one go. One worker bobbin would follow a row and would therefore be used to
>> tension the work. I’ve tried this and it works well.
>> 
>> Diana
>> 
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Re: [lace] Bucks Prickings

[Maria Greil]

Hello Annette,

What you write about Spanish blonde has made me very curious. Would you
mind telling us a little bit more about the 'very old prickings' an English
speaking Spanish lace historian gave you for the Gild collection? As much
as you tell (and Antje already found out and perfectly described) it can
only be Almagro blonde.

Thank you.

Maria Greil
a German lacemaker living in Spain

2017-12-03 22:55 GMT+01:00 Annette Meldrum :

> Hi all,
> Interesting discussions.
> In Spain, I was given some very old Spanish blonde prickings for our lace
> guild archive. The lacemaker who donated them, explained that the ground
> was only pricked in each alternate row as lacemakers only pinned alternate
> rows to make the work quicker. She is a lacemaker and lace historian, so I
> trust her knowledge.
> The prickings are well used and indeed only pricked in alternate rows.
> Annette, enjoying an unusually rainy and cool day, in Wollongong Australia.
>
>
>
> From: Diana Smith
> Hi Alex
> Like you I’ve studied many old prickings over the years but very few
> without the ground pricked.
>
> I have a theory, that in order to save time when working large areas of
> point ground some workers would work a row of stitches without pinning up,
> at the end of the row the pins were inserted into the pricked holes all in
> one go. One worker bobbin would follow a row and would therefore be used to
> tension the work. I’ve tried this and it works well.
>
> Diana
>
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