The 'problem' with the two sets of instructions by McPeek and Cockuyt are that
they show two different ways of working, particularly concerning the techniques
of taking the roll of threads away from and back into the main stem. .
Similar but not the same, as is often the case with bobbin lace,
There is a video on youtube but it is in Italian which I do not understand.
There seems to be a lot of explanation on how to work the pattern but about
half way in, it does show how to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMOijsC86Eg
I also seem to remember that some Italian ladies came to
Hello Janice and everyone
Would they have been promoting Il Merletti di Cantù I wonder. The
publisher did send order information about this book and about the proposed
6 videos, of which only 3 were ever made, early 2000's, in Italian, the
first one with English subtitles, in PAL format. They
