Janice Blair
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:31:15 -0800
I spent an hour on Sunday in the Textile lace room at the V&A studying the lace. Got DH to feel useful by carrying the drawers over to the study table so I could take non-flash photos of some of the pieces. On Saturday my cash card was eaten by a bank so I had to find a Lloyds bank to sort out that problem. Seems my card had expired and I had not received the replacement or noticed the date. After that I went back to the V&A for another two hours of looking at lace and wandering around. I was surprised that most of the lace was European. I had expected the vast majority to be English but I did not find any Beds to speak of. There seemed to be a number of drawers missing so maybe they were English laces.
Arrived at mys sisters house yesterday to find 3 lace books I purchased from Daphne Martin (thanks) last year. Today in Petersfield, Hants I found 5 lace books in a second hand book store. I bought two as the other 3, I already had or did not want. On Friday we are going near Canterbury for lunch with my SIL and BIL and am wondering if I can get DH to detour through the city so we can visit the Oxfam bookstore. Bet the good ones have all gone <g>. I might have a weight problem with the suitcases going back to the US, especially as DH was presented with a giftbox containing an axe, tree pruning knife and a reindeer skinning knife after he gave a presentation in Finland! Anyway, we have more bookstores to visit tomorrow. I may have to pick up an extra suitcase for the return journey as I only came with a carryon bag. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com