How is lace woven? Detailed answer

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How is lace woven?

Lace is an airy, thin fabric made from thin threads knitted into a specific pattern. Lace is usually used to decorate our various items of clothing and what we use in everyday life. Laces are hand-knitted and machine-knitted. The first handmade lace was probably made in Italy in the middle of the XNUMXth century. Shortly thereafter, lace began to be made in France. Nowadays, handmade lace is made mainly in Italy and Belgium. Machine knitted lace is produced mainly in England, France and the United States.

Handmade lace is usually made in two ways: with a needle or with bobbins. Needle lace is made as follows: a design is applied to thick paper with a fabric underneath it and then sewn with long stitches as a base, on which the lace maker works with a needle with a single thread, embroidering the design with loop stitches. When the work is finished, the lace maker removes the long stitches and removes the lace from the design on paper.

Bobbin lace is made using a huge number of threads, each of which is wound on a bobbin (bobbin). The pattern is applied to the paper, and the paper is pinned to the fabric roller. Then pins are stuck into the roller to hold the threads in place while the lace is being made. Lace is woven with two bobbins in each hand. They are moved from side to side, crossing the threads. As the work progresses, the pins are rearranged further and further.

Chantilly lace is bobbin lace that features climbing vines or twigs on a netted background. It is often used to decorate evening dresses and bridal veils.

Cluny lace is a simpler patterned bobbin lace commonly used for trimming children's dresses and bed linens.

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Why doesn't the igloo melt from the inside?

Although stone and wooden houses have become widespread among the Eskimos, nevertheless, this northern people still build an igloo on some special occasions or during transitions. The igloo builds quickly and can withstand any weather.

A hole 1,5 meters long and 50 centimeters deep breaks out in a fresh snowdrift. Then, starting from the front wall of the pit, snow blocks are cut with a knife. They are shaped so that they lean inward when placed on edge. A circle of these blocks is laid out, and then its upper part is cut off in such a way that during construction, subsequent blocks follow a tapering spiral. Material in the course of work is cut out inside the house. The last block, whose upper edges are wider than the lower ones, covers the hole at the top. After that, all the cracks are covered with soft snow.

A small igloo can be built in a couple of hours. When the house is built, a woman takes over. She lights a cat-oil lamp, trying to keep it as hot as possible. Then she closes the entrance with a snow block and seals the needle tightly. Now the snow is starting to melt. But, since the roof of the house has a rounded shape, the water does not drip, but is gradually absorbed into the blocks, and they are almost completely saturated.

When the blocks are sufficiently saturated with water, she extinguishes the lamp and opens the door. Icy air rushes in, and after a short time, the fragile snow house becomes an ice dome! Now it is so strong that the roof can even support a polar bear and not fall through. And now it will not melt, and you can comfortably sit in it.

But of course, when the winter ends and the temperature rises, the igloo starts to melt, and usually the roof collapses first.

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