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To make freehand lace, pins are placed
only on the exterior edges. In addition, most of these laces are
made directly on the pillow without a pricking and without a diagram.
In the Swedish Scania lace there is no pattern, but the roller is covered with a striped fabric, and the stripes help the lacemaker to keep her vertical lines straight. It takes a lot of concentration to make this sort of lace. |
| At one time, in some countries, the Netherlands,
for example, a 'universal' pricking was used.... that's one with holes
at regular intervals, but with no tracings of gimp lines or any other markings
that would indicate a particular design. The lacemaker chose to use
only the holes that would make the design she wished and ignored the other
ones.
In freehand lace, not even the regular holes mentioned above are used. Just the guidelines on the fabric. It takes skill and practice to place the pins the correct distance apart to best suit the pattern and thread size. |
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Links for this type of lace
Sneeuwpoppen Lace
BOOKS SKÅNSK KNYPPLING / SCHONISCHE SPITZE ~ Nordström,
Wivi-Ann ~ Freehand Lace ~ Sw/Germ. ~ ISBN 3-258-03193-2
Skansk knyppling ~ Ingers Gertrud ~ Freehand Lace ~
Swedish ~
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