Of course, closer inspection shows both these samples to be machine made, and not very well done at that -reminding me of my first efforts using Golden Hands the weekly craft magazine that was published in UK around 1970.

and although I really don’t know how the above filling was achieved, with it’s delicacy, I do know I could manage this kind of filling to holes, making ‘lace’, althougn for the moment I am not planning in heading off in that direction. There is some amazing machine made lace art being made by several prominent Australian textile artists including Dijanne Cevaal. I might have to take a workshop from her some time.