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There exists different types of
patterns and they all lead to two main kinds of work:
renaissance laces and loose laces.
Renaissance laces are worked with a few pairs of bobbins
(6 or 7) and proceed in a rather linear way as it is
just a pair that intertwines with the others giving way
to the so-called “viarella” (alley).
They look rather full and compact and often they match
with different kinds of nets (mandola, “flettrua”,
sail, tiled) which fulfill the spaces left empty.
Within this type of lace various figures can be recognised:
the “Ciammarica” (the
snail), l’Edera and the Rosa
Colca (the ivy and the colchicum rose).
The loose laces, contrary to the aforementioned laces,
require a larger number of pairs of bobbins (between
7 and 20) which continually intertwine amongst themselves.
In this type of work the pairs are freer to move and
to pass from one side to the other leaving many empty
spaces; thus they look much more open. The most frequent
figures which give the name to the loose laces are: il Portone (18
pairs), the Sette fronde (17 pairs),
the Spille rivoltate (15 pairs), the Ceqquaia (9
pairs), the Ventaglio (7 pairs), the Esse (20
pairs).
It is still possible to make patterns to fuse the two
types of work together, as is shown for instance in the Spiga’s figure |
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