Thanks to Jean Leader, I was able to finish my piece of Bobowa lace over the
weekend. She kindly sent me a photo of the lace last fall & I promptly tried &
failed. Working over a photo was new to me! A week ago, I started again &
easily finished the trails & plait pairs but got stumped on
Hello All,
My brother and sister-in-law are going to Ireland for 10 days and will be
in Dublin, Dingle, and Galloway. My sister-in-law asked if she could pick
up any Irish lace for me but I don't really know much about where lace is
made in Ireland. So I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is
There is also an excellent book by Vera Cockuyt, who taught Rosaline at
an IOLI convention in the past. (Available on the website
www.vansciverbobbinlace.com )
Doris O'Neill, Chicago area.
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Hello Alex, Bev and everyone,
I have that book also and knew Jan Geelen. I don’t know, Bev, who told you he
wrote the book in a dialect, because it is written in correct Dutch. Jan
originally was a teacher in a basic school. He would not write a lace book in
the dialect of the region he lived
Hello Alex,
I agree with Bev. There are other books writen in English which are as good
as Jan Geelen's. I myself in Europe try to buy bobbin lace books at Barbara
Fay Verlag when available. They do not charge post fees to Europe and I do
not know how it works all over the world, but I think it
Hello Alex and everyone
I have that little book, and back then I painstakingly (more like
painfully) attempted a translation with a basic online program for Dutch to
English, later a Dutch lace friend told me it was written in a dialect. But
I did manage to make a few of the motifs. May I
Good afternoon Arachnids
It,s now my turn to ask for help. One of my student wishes to learn Rosaline.
I have a sound knowledge of Honiton but need to understand the differences
between it and Rosaline. We both have âRosaline Perlee by J Geeln 1990â
but cannot read it. Has anyone a
