In my early teens I ws enchanted with crochet and knitting - learned both of them mostly from old and inadequate how-to directions. My mother knew a little about crochet but that was all the other help I had.. Then in 1950 (I think) an article on bobbin lacemaking appeared in Woman's Day magazine, (I think it cost 5 cents at that time) complete with suggestions about making a pillow and using small plastic clothes pins for bobbins. No longer available, these were small straight clothes pins - not the clip kind - and I think made for lingerie laundry. Fine beginners bobbins. The first pattern I made was probably the most advanced in the article and I was hooked permanently. I got some lessons-by-mail from Marguerite Brooks, bought the very few books that were available from Robn and Russ in Oregon. I had been a weaver for years and so knew about Robin and Russ. It was ten years before I ever saw another person making lace and she was a middle aged lady of Danish descent who had learned bobbin lace while on a visit to Denmark.
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