I got in touch with Hinojosa Lace thanks to Carolina's pattern books. I didn't know Carolina then, and met her through Arachne. That was many years ago.. perhaps 10? Carolina learned to make this type of lace from one of the few women that still knew how to make it in those times. Because this lace has been unknown, as it was also only made in some small parts of Spain, and unknown in the rest of the country. Carolina is one the first lacers who started to design her own patterns based on this technique and offer them on sale. And I must say they are all very beautiful. I must also say that old patterns were not available anywhere then, because the owners kept them jealously. So, Carolina´s patterns were in fact the only way to work this lace during a whole decade.
At the same time, in another part of Spain, Mariña Regueiro, also fascinated by this lace, which she happened to see for the first time in 1984, started to make a deep research, searching for its roots. And the book Jacqui mentions is the result of many years of investigating. It has just been published. I have seen it, and it is a very very good book. A lot of history, old pictures of lacers, of laces... and finally a lot of patterns with diagrams (really important). With Carolina's patterns and Mariña´s book you will certainly have enough information and patterns for a whole life! Best regards from a really warm Spain. Antje González - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
