strathspey@strathspey.org:47307

ron.mackey

Re: Pilling diagrams

Dec. 5, 2006, 12:20 a.m. (Message 47307, in reply to message 47264)

On 4 Dec 2006 at 11:38, Andrea Re wrote:

> After years of being unable to remember which symbol meant cast and 
> which meant dance/lead, quite recently it dawned on me that those 
> symbols are drawn from the lady's point of view. So if you look at the 
> diagram, the lady is casting behind her line and if she is 
> dancing/leading up/down she dances towards the the middle. 

	What A bright lad you are, Andrea!   Nice observation which helps.

I'm not a great lover of Pilling but it has it's uses.  I look upon it as a sort of 
code or cave painting.
Ron :)