I bought an interesting little piece of filet lace in Bruges
recently which includes quite a variety of stitches. The central motif shows
darning or linen stitch overlaid with leaves, which are worked in a similar way
to bobbin lace ones by running a long thread the length of the leaf shape,
catching it in the linen stitch and then back to the centre again and then
weaving over and under, across the two threads, to form the leaf shape. There
is an explanation of how to do it in Therese de Dillmot’s little encyclopaedia
of needlework. There is also some simple outlining, to form a gimp around the
central petal shapes, although it doesn’t follow the outline of the linen
stitch very accurately! The central motif is ringed by loop stitch in a finer
thread which is worked in one direction by looping the thread over the square
meshes leaving a loop between stitches which is then worked through on the
return journey in the opposite direction. You can also see some star shapes in
the photo which are made by loping the thread round the square mesh in a lazy
daisy fashion. I was also intrigued to see that the ends of the threads are
knotted off quite crudely in places – I suspect the worker was being paid piece
rates and was hoping no one would be laundering the finished mat so it wouldn’t
unravel.
Thursday, 6 September 2018
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