I visited this amazing lace factory, Leavers Lace Company in West Greenwich, RI. They manufacture nylon lace used in lingerie and trim. The lace is made with Leaver lace looms, which are nearly 100 years old.
The lace manufacturing process begins with artwork of a pattern. After the artwork is purchased, a designer for the lace company drafts a grid pattern that can be translated into lace. The pattern is then translated again inot a punchcard pattern. Each row of lace uses a different punchcard to determine the pattern. Each card is linked to another and the ends are looped. There are hundreds of punchcards used in just one pattern!
Learn more about lace! This site is great: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/rv_ll_01.pdf
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