Cluny sold off its modern Raschel machines - the huge, computer-driven automatons which now make mass-produced lace a relatively cheap product across the world.
And decided to rely on its old, 19th-Century Leavers machines, which make lace of an intricacy that is hard to copy.
- Punched cards for lacemaking
- Going back to the past to survive
Done yesterday (20100905 Su)