Sue asked about "white crepe" .
Crepe is a woven fabric with a finely wrinkled surface. I think it's
achieved by weaving with very highly twisted warps and wefts.
Brenda
I know what crepe is now. Was it the same then?
How did they apply crepe to make a garment look attractive?
Did they a
Hello Jeri
From the date, 1785, I knew it had to be knitted rather than one of the
precursers to the Leavers machine and a quick look at Pat Earnshaw's
machine lace bible confirms this .
Weft knitting and stocking frames, which is what modern domestic
knitting machines do, date back over 400
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Subject: [lace] "Point" lace differences
appear, with decency." She would have no "foil or tincel about me," she
insisted. Her dress was of white silk trimmed with white crepe, lilac
ribbon, and
mock point lace over a hoop
Dear Lacemakers,
In doing some research recently for a friend on Arachne, I came across an
interesting paragraph in the biography by Natalie S. Bober, "Abigail Adams -
Witness to a Revolution". (She was the wife of the 1st Vice President and
2nd
President of the U.S., who prior to these office
