Alex said: I donât mind friends sharing or teachers supplying my patterns at no cost, Thank you Alex!
A friend and I have subscriptions to different lace publications, but both of us, if we see something in the other's publication, order our own copy of that particular number. My problem is more with out-of-print books. in my early days of lace-making, I saw and fell in love with Pat Read's Milanese lace books, but they were way beyond my capacities at the time; A couple of years later, when i felt I could tackle them, You couldn't find the for love or money - well, yes, but a LOT of money on ebay. A friend lent me hers for a shile (what's the copyright position there?), and I eventually was lucky enough to get a second-hand copy of the first book from Roseground. The same thing happened with Bridget Cook's Idrija lace , but there were other books on the subject, though not so detailed. I was delighted when they were reprinted, and am now working my way through mine. I perfectly understand the feelings of designers, for whom what they earn from a design is ridiculous compared with the time spent, the knowledge and skill required, not to mention the inspiration. And how galling it is that even that minute sum is pirated away. But there are a lot of frustrated lacemakers out here who can't get designs legally because they're out of print! (I may say that the only prickings I download are those which are offered free on sites such as LOKK - or Gon Homberg's site - for which, much thanks, Gon!) Sue from a gloriously sunny Montélimar - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
