I think the probable explanation here is that in the 20th Century, odd
lengths of machine made lace were referred to as "tattings". This is
also the more likely reason why, when demonstrating, we get so many of a
certain generation insisting that we are tatting, when in fact we are
making bobbi
Okay I give up.
My apologies--I don't know how to fix the formatting. Sometimes it's okay and
sometimes it's horrible...
Nancy
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Mixing all the lace terms mentioned so far in a single diagram
http://tinyurl.com/2ujyby7
Had to play with the order for distinguishing by color
Jo
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You can found some different results if you match "bobbin lace" and
"Needlepoint lace", in many books "needlelace" is called "needlepoint
lace"
Silvia, from Italy
2010/12/18, Lorelei Halley :
> Nancy
> What is really interesting about the word frequency graph is that the needle
> lace spikes match
Nancy
What is really interesting about the word frequency graph is that the needle
lace spikes match the bobbin lace ones, but at a lower level. I suppose that
is an illustration of the relative interest in the two forms of lace. The
spikes at 1900 and 1960 are odd. The one just be fore 1980 may
