In January 2014 ago we were in Cochin in Goa, a southern Indian state settled
by the Portuguese.
Nuns among the settlers made lace and the knowledge has been passed down. I
bought a bobbin lace doyley in a shop selling lace and embroidered items by a
local women's group so a few years ago lace
In 1999, one of our South African male lacemakers, Louis Booyens and his wife
Rhoda, visited India for a holiday and to search for lace and lacemakers. He
found a shop in Mumbai where handmade lace was sold and bought some lovely
pieces. It was run by a Mrs Mendez, who was 81 at the time, and her
I remember Sulochona, Jeri, and was thinking of her when this thread first
surfaced â but could not remember her name! (I am Not good with names â
and getting worse, Iâm afraid!)
We have not heard from her for Ages, and I wondered what had happened to her.
I do hope she is OK.
Have a good
Wow, what a wonderful response so far and many days yet to join in the
fun. I wish to thank those who have been responsive so far for your faith
in me doing the job. I hope many more of you will join in the fun. There
is nothing like the sense of accomplishment for making a project happen.
I belong to a local spinning and weaving group and justify any lace making
I do there as 'weaving with sticks'. I only do bobbin lace and think this
is a very relevant definition
Robin from Australia
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On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Nancy
Devon -- I think "off-loom weaving" would correctly apply to only bobbin
lace, since needlelace is a form of "off-fabric embroidery" rather than
weaving, no?
This could start another round of definition discussions!
Nancy
Connecticut
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Devon Thein
Next time use the term "off loom weaving".
Devon
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I told a new acquaintance that I made lace. Lace making is for old ladies she
replied. If young people feel that way the art of lacemaking will disappear.
Ann
UK
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Of course, I was writing about Sulochana in my previous post. She was
delightful. I shopped for bobbins and lace supplies for her here and in the
U.K. She sent lovely hand-made Indian treasures in return. When her
under-age-for-college son received a full scholarship to a university
Possibly the most well known teacher of lace in India was Miss Catherine C.
Channer, at Scots Mission at Kalimpong, she was in charge of the lace school
there for four years.
She began giving lace classes in the early 1900's, unfortunately having to
return to England in 1909 for health reasons.
OIDFA in Finland was in 1996 'cos that's when I was queried about our
aluminium bobbins as someone won them in a raffle. We connected to the
internet in August of that year and also when I joined
Arachne. how time flies when one is having fun.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - still
I think it was Sulachona who was on the trip from UK to the OIDFA congress in
Finland, some years ago now though. If so, she was a keen lacemaker and a
lovely lady.
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