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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 1944400, member: 13464&quot;]Hi everyone,</p><p>I was doing some housecleaning today and had time. Since I ran across these items; I thought I&#039;d do a short lace tutorial. </p><p><br /></p><p>This tutorial examines some of the differences between handmade and machine made filet lace. Both these examples are enlarged to roughly the same size. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Handmade filet lace</b> is worked with a shuttle needle (which the working thread is wrapped around - much like a shuttle used in weaving); the worker uses the shuttle thread to wrap around a gauge stick. Generally speaking the netting is begun by affixing the working thread to a solid object and the net is made on a diagonal with knots made very evenly around the gauge stick. This results in tiny knots that can be easily felt at every square intersection of the net. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once the net has been made to the desired size; the net is then affixed to a frame and a separate needle and thread is used to create the woven &quot;linen&quot; or &quot;cloth&quot; areas to the netting that creates the design.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In <b>machine made filet lace</b>; the machine creates this lace in a &quot;straight across and straight down&quot; manner. In doing so; you can see that the warp (up and down threads) clearly run &quot;up and down&quot; - rather &quot;on top&quot; of the weft (design threads) which ultimately &quot;sew&quot; the design into place. </p><p><br /></p><p>When comparing the feel of these two laces; although they are both quite fine... the handmade lace knots can easily be felt and the lace has a somewhat &quot;coarse&quot; feel. The machine made piece is made without those little tell tale knots and has a very smooth texture. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not all handmade laces are made using this method; so therefore you can&#039;t always identify handmade lace from machine made by feeling for knots. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you liked this tutorial and would like me to continue from time to time with another comparison; please leave me a comment. Of course, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you guess which one is hand made and which one is machine made? Answer in the comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leslie</p><p>[ATTACH=full]246010[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]246013[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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