Dear Arachnites,
if you are at ease with computers, it would be helpful to post a URL link
to an image of the lace they have in mind when arguing for the mathematical
precision of a lace design.
For example, it would clarify the drift of the conversation for me if
Kathleen and Devon, say, would
Kathleen writes: I wonder if it is simply that bobbin lace appeals
particularly to scientists and especially mathematicians. Moving on
from this, is it the more “regular” laces which appeal, I.e. Torchon,
Bucks and Flanders, rather than Bedfordshire for instance?
Actually, I have always thought
Or... is it that one style appeals whilst another doesn't? By that I mean the
finished piece... A bit like art really. And nothing to do with mathematics or
science...
Sue in East Yorkshire UK
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Subject: [lace] Lace and maths
I wonder if it is simply that bobbin lace appeals particularly to scientists
and especially mathematicians. Moving on from this, is it t
I wonder if it is simply that bobbin lace appeals particularly to scientists
and especially mathematicians. Moving on from this, is it the more “regular”
laces which appeal, I.e. Torchon, Bucks and Flanders, rather than Bedfordshire
for instance?
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Dear Nancy,
Because of these two observations, I've always thought that people who are
good at bobbin lace would make good software engineers, whether they know it
or not, and whether they are good at arithmetic or not. This is the other way
around from some of the observations that have been
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Subject: Re: [lace] Lace and maths
Hi all
As a non mathematical
person I feel I must comment from those of us who
Could I suggest that many lace makers are problem solvers. This would
include mathematicians, and many scientists. I love puzzles of any kind but
especially logic problems, and when I am making lace, I can see a
problem-solving element in the process, even in a simple piece of Torchon. I
can also
I don't think it's maths in particular, but we all know that ALL, absolutely
ALL women are totally and absolutely logical in their thinking and there's
logic to where the threads move next. The majority of lacemakers are women
so the men who make lace are obviously demonstrating their feminine
Dear Lynn, et al
Thank you for your email.I was not suggesting that there is not a
mathematical aspect to making lace, only the following comment is, I think
unfair.
'The best lacemakers are computer programmers, maths graduates and architects
and anything that develops judgement of
Dear Jean
Agreed
I don't think it's maths in particular, but we all know that ALL, absolutely
ALL women are totally and absolutely logical in their thinking and there's
logic to where the threads move next. The majority of lacemakers are women so
the men who make lace are obviously
Dear Nancy,
You have given a wonderful response. Ability to analyze and logical
thinking. I think you are right there. And not limited to the realm of
mathematics, but a way to think. Your observation on feeling similarly when
you make a computer program and making computer software is
I think many people are concentrating on just the bobbin laces here, when
they talk about lacemakers being good at maths or spatial reasoning or
whatever.
Because, as a needle lace maker, I'm not having to use maths so much. Even
when I design my own piece, instead of trying to recreate a 1500s
This discussion has been very interesting, however for those of us who
came to lace in the middle '70s there were not many 'textbooks' around,
certainly in English.
My introduction to lace was a Council evening class with Tordis Berndt
as our tutor -20+ of us in September 1976.. The only
Before the 20th century few lacemakers anywhere were educated, and most
could not even read. However, they were able to produce laces we admire and
avidly collect today.
Please consider how little was available to anyone who wanted to learn
about lace after the two 20th C. World Wars.
Hi Clay
In my experience those with a maths bias tend to be more accurate and can
understand how the threads work. In the many years I have been teaching I have
come across many who show this ability and who should have been good at maths,
but sadly for some reason or other it did not happen.
Hi all
As a non mathematical person I feel I must comment from those of us who are
mathematically challenged. I like to think I am a reasonable lacemaker, I can
draw out patterns on graph paper and use a lace design programme and I teach
students how to draw out patterns to help understand
Dear Maureen, et al,
I can't add, subtract, multiply and divide worth anything. I can do it, but I
don't like to. I thank God for calculators. In my opinion they spoil math by
putting numbers in. But it does seem to me that there are a lot of math types
making lace. Whether their lace is
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