Dictionary

Lace

A trim embroidered with openwork (it can be obtained by different stitches). It usually ends with little tips, used for the linen.

Lace-pillow

A pillow with a round or cylindrical or muff shape to work lace. 

Lambswool

The soft fine wool from lambs, used for making knitted clothes. 

Lap

A fabric with a simple framework and a maximum weaving of warp and weft, usually made out of linen, cotton or hemp.

Linen

A fibre obtained from the stem’s retting or cut of the homonymous plant.

Little stitch

Small stitches worked on a canvas or cloth or on a net framework. It is made from right to left obtaining an incline stitch pointing the needle low, than repeating the same movement from left to right.

Loop

A fabric with the characteristic weaving of threads by knitting needles or  crochet needle in a single way (knit stitch) or in a spaced or reversed way (purl stitch).