Devon:
Just mucking around with Google translate, I found Muts translated as
cap/bonnet, and one of the translations for slip is lappet.
So what I’m thinking is that your piece is a kind of lappet, maybe something
used in conjunction with the traditional Dutch cap.
Adele
West Vancouver, BC
In the catalogue of the Gruutshusemuseum, Catalogus Van de
Kantverzameling, I have encountered some photos of samples in Paris lace
which call themselves Staal voor een Mutsenslip in Parijse Kloskant. They
look a lot like a piece that I have been studying. What surprises me is
that the piece I am
Dear Susan,
I used soie ovale at the school in Le Puy en Velay when making Craponne.
They use it as an added worker pair in cloth stitch motifs to change
colors, for example in petals and leaves. When paired with "stitckier"
linen thread it stays put and has a lovely effect. If I recall we
Hi Susan
I have personally never been keen on working bobbin lace (or needle-lace
or embroidery) with "floss-type" silk, so am not a good person to say if
its useful. Here's my two-pence worth:
I've sent you a photo of a spool of Soie Ovale (I didn't have the time
to upload it to Flickr). I
Hello All! On a quick break from Binche, I wanted to ask a question about this
thread. Has anyone used it to make lace? From what I can determine online, it’s
considered a flat silk but in fact has a very slight twist. A website—that I
can’t find now!—said that it makes nice lace. Looking at
