Wow, am I ever embarrassed. As soon as I started taking detailed pictures for Devon, I could see that it is indeed Old Flanders ground (pre-WWI). It's just so much tighter and neater than anything I do that without magnification I thought it was Torchon. *blush*
So I think the question is: when did they combine Old Flanders ground with a gimp? Is that called something specifically? No interesting fillings. Picots without twists. I am about to try posting detailed pictures on webshots--wish me luck :-) ... The ground is a plain torchon ground (not Flanders), so you see the relative coarseness of the thread ... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
