I have just seen these pictures and wondered about the tallies in this, is
it cluny because the leaf tallies meet in the middle to work that centre,
rather than windmill crossings or whatever in other pieces?
I bought a piece of lace about this wide some years ago (now I wonder where
I put it
Hi Mark,
A lucky find!
A pretty piece - interesting to see the 'deliberate' mistake in the rose
ground where, on one side of the triangle, the half stitch to finish the rose
is omitted.
Andrea Lamble
Cambridge, UK - (but currently in Prague where the weather has been wintry.
Returning to the
I agree this is handmade lace. It's started with connected pairs. The leaf
tallies show all the variations that appear on tallies that are quickly made,
and left however they end up. (Probably like many of us do with our tallies.
)
I would call this Torchon rather than Cluny, but that's a pe
Thank you for the pictures. It is was fun to see it. What size/type of
thread do you think was used? Could you count the stitches per inch on the
foot side for us? TIA Delores Miller. Sedro Woolley, Washington, USA
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