Since I just finished reading the book, I wanted to recommend it & quote:
“Mrs Armstrong, born in 1860 at Thurleigh, said (1943) that in her prime she could work about a yard & a half of Bedfordshire Maltese border, one & one half inches wide in two days. For this, Lester would pay her 1s 6d a yard so that for a full weeks work she might earn 6 or 7 shillings.” I had to look up to see what 1s 6d is—thank you Google. Aside from the income, however, I can’t imagine making that much lace in that amount of time! Talk about flying fingers... Had to chuckle at another quote: “Torchon, an unsophisticated lace of repetitive geometric patterns based on diagonals with a heavy, five hole mesh...” Most of you know that Torchon is not my favorite & AB managed to capture my sentiments in a nutshell. Sincerely, Susan Hottle FL USA Sent from my iPad - 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/
