[lace] Lace Revival

My earliest books were the 1970s version of the Margaret Maidment book, Louisa Tebbs book (by the same publisher), and the little Amy Dawson book. Then we got the Pam Notting ham’s mixed laces book, and Pam Robinsons book, and so on. I found some classes here in an outer suburb of Melbourne in

[lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

I remember attending a Towns Womens Guild in November 1970 in Lichfield, Staffs where we had a talk on bobbin lace with a demonstration on a board using probably, skipping ropes with wooden handles for the thread and bobbins. I was one of those who thought it looked too difficult and being

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

My father may have (embraced the melting pot and he sure as heck wanted to be sure I never visited the “old country” as second and third cousins were going back to marry extended family members. Sicilian chain migration??) but his father never really spoke English into the early 1990s. My

Re: [lace] Lace revival of the 1970s

Also in the 1950’s I was a Girl Scout Library aide and found *Bobbins of Belgium.* Don’t remember the author. The stories of post WWI Belgium were horrifying but they were trying to make lace an economic craft in the ’20’s. Cynthia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

My observation is that before the 60s America fully embraced the melting pot model. My own Grandmother, for example, was not allowed to learn Norwegian. She was the first in her family born in the US, but expected to only know English. Preserving heritage from European countries was seen by

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Lyn I did talk with Doris Southard many years ago and she told me that she first heard of bobbin lace from an article in a women's magazine. (I don't remember which one -- one of the grocery store kind.) She had been a weaver and did many other textile crafts, but she was essentially

[lace] Lace revival of the 1970s

Very interesting stories in this topic. This is my own version. While in high school in Denmark, I saw my mother making bobbin lace. I think she learned it as a young girl in the 1910s. In the 1960s adult education classes were offered in communities in Denmark, and she finally had a little

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s - Bath's book and Golden Hands

The Virginia Bath LACE book and also Golden Hands have been mentioned today.  Not long ago, I reviewed both on Arachne.  The reviews are easier to read on the New England Lace Group's home page at www.nelg.us   Select Book Reviews from the menu on the Left.   When there are no new books I wish

RE: [lace] Mounting lace for display

Hi fellow Arachnids, For white (powder coated) metal rings I use the rings for lamp-shades. Many paper/parchment lampshades utilise a wire ring at the top and bottom. These are freely availablein several sizes in craftshops as well as on the internet (Amazon to name but one) I have just checked,

RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s - mystery book probably...

Yes! You are correct. It was Knyppling. I couldn’t remember what it was, even though I picked up a copy at an estate sale fairly recently. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Jo raises some interesting insights. One thing she mentions is the crafts to leisure aspect. Originally there seemed to be an ethos that one was practicing a “useful craft”. For instance, you made a quilt because you needed a bed covering, or a doily because every well kept house required

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s - mystery book probably...

Dear Devon,   Perhaps the book to which you refer was Knyppling, 1964, published (in Swedish) by LTs Forlag in collaboration with the Swedish Lace-Making Association.  Author was Sally Johanson.   It was re-published with the title of Traditional Lace Making in 1974 in the U.S. in English by

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

My belief is that as it was featured in Golden Hands which I think was published in UK in 1969 and the older Lacemakers were asked to do more teaching. The WI used to have craft classes I think. Boredom with commercially made items and a desire to learn, plus a little more money for hobbies?

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Also, Spring Fling happened annually for many years, then every other year for many more. Last year was the kast full-fledged version, however. On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 2:52 PM H M Clarke wrote: > Speaking from my family’s perspective, my grandmother learnt as a child in > the

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Maybe a chicken-and-egg thing? The books inspire the students who provide the market for more books … but what triggered the interest in the 70s in the first place - I’d bet on a backlash from the super-modern 60s. There’s only so much bright yellow and lime green Fortrel a body can take. I

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Speaking from my family’s perspective, my grandmother learnt as a child in the 1910s. This was at some local girls’ club in Suffolk. Then she married and had a family (obviously!) and lace was put away. When she was sadly widowed in the early 1960s she went back to making lace. She showed my

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

You will find Mary McPeek who was influential together with Trenna Ruffner in getting Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux published with her English translation. GLLGI recently published a compilation of Mary McPeek’s lesson plans and prickings together with photographs of the pieces worked. Mary taught

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

There were four ladies whose patterns were published but I can’t remember them all. IIRC Mary McPeak was one and so was Trenna Rufner. Lovely ladies and lovely lace. The Great Lakes Lace group had a seminar and several European teachers came over. Exciting times. C On Mar 26, 2018, at 1:26

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

I don’t know for sure, but she had lots of Tonder lace in her book. I think she also had a pattern by Mary McPeak. C On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:37 PM, DevonThein wrote: > Where did Doris Southard learn to make lace, or how? - To unsubscribe send email to

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And there was Virginia Churchill Bath’s book *Lace*. She was from the Chicago Art Institute. C On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:36 PM, DevonThein wrote: > Adele makes the interesting point that it wasn’t until the 1970s that it > began to be possible to buy books published by

RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Thanks for mentioning the Torchon Lace Company and the Princess lace pillow. I would relate this to the early 20th century lacemaking ideas which included trying to make lace for money, rather than leisure. Examples include the Sybil Carter missions and Italian Lace School (cut work). But, surely

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Yes! Thanks. I just looked it up. 1987. I think Trenna Rufner was also involved in the lace postage stamps. Devon - 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:

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St Louis had the Torchon Lace company. They sold bobbins, the Princess lace pillow and booklets of patterns. We found them in 1904 sources but couldn’t find any other information about them. The Princess pillow was in the Missouri Historical Society collection. Cynthia On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:13

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

I learned in 1981. Missed a class and learned several grounds from the DMC book. Also found bobbin lace in the Readers Digest handwork book. Crown and Triangle from Doris Southard’s book was originally from Family Circle (or was it Woman’s Day?) One of those grocery store magazines. Cynthia On

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

I consulted my notes which consist of a few writeups of Doris over the years. She actually wrote on a 2005 Arachne thread “How I Started lacemaking” https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg14763.html She was an avid weaver and knitter when she first discovered bobbin lace in

[lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Lyn made a comment, that perhaps only I got, that she thought that the Back to Earth movement had a lot to do with it. She discounts the Bi-Centennial. However, there was a huge call for crafters during the Bi-Centennial. I participated in the making of a quilt to commemorate Rockland Country (New

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There was also the US bobbin lace stamp (well 4 stamps) organized by Mary McPeak. Bu I can’t remember what year—1980’s sometime. Cynthia On Mar 26, 2018, at 9:59 AM, DevonThein wrote: > > I began to make lace in 1971, but I was not a very objective observer of what > was

[lace] lace, Bayeux Tapestry

Thanks to Lyn Bailey for pointing out that I seem to have given you the general blog site. If you search Bayeux Tapestry in the search box you will come to this: http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/09/the-bayeux-tapestry-at-the-smithsonian-yes-but-who-made-it-when-where-and-why.html -Karen

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Just chiming in to say this is all very interesting and I look forward to reading this all more carefully later! Best, Elena - 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:

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<< Shortly after I started in England in 1971 I bought a copy of Maidment Bobbin Lace Work printed in 1971. >> So interesting to see this cluster of books being published and republished in the 1970s. But why? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] RE: Lace Revival of the 1970s

Lyn makes the point that airfare was getting cheaper so that there would have been more exposure to lace. In fact, the first time I saw it was on a vacation trip to Bruges probably in the late 1960s. I was an adolescent, and there were girls my age making lace by the canals. I have always thought

RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

I too started in the 1970's as a teenager. Saw a demo on a local nostalgic summer fair. Being crafty I wanted too try. Found a few books in the local library, the local craft store happened to have bobbins in stock, improvised a pillow and got hooked. Those days some crafty Dutch magazines

[lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

One other factor in the 1970's is that airfare to Europe was getting cheaper. In 1960 when my parents and I took a ship ten days each way, to Europe, that trip cost as much as airfare to the same destination. In 1974, my husband and I took a month trip to Europe and did an illegal charter

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Shortly after I started in England in 1971 I bought a copy of Maidment Bobbin Lace Work printed in 1971. Maureen E Yorks UK - 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

Re: [lace] Mounting lace for display

Dear Tess, how about paint? lrb "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." >Tess Parrish wrote: >Does anyone know where I can find white enameled metal rings 5-8” in diameter >in which to mount laces to make hanging window decorations?

[lace] lace, Bayeux tapestry

In response to the inquiry about the Bayeux Tapestry, I was reminded that I might not have added that we now know who made the needle lace version of the Bayeux Tapestry at the Smithsonian, and also approximately when. See http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/ or search Bayeux tapestry Smithsonian.

RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Where did Doris Southard learn to make lace, or how? Devon - 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/

RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Adele makes the interesting point that it wasn’t until the 1970s that it began to be possible to buy books published by mainstream publishers about how to make bobbin lace. She observes that her lace club actually started in 1955 but had huge impediments due to the lack of instruction and

[lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Devon, Doris Southard, an Iowa farm wife, was teaching bobbin lace in the 1970’s. Her book “Bobbin Lacemaking” has a 1977 copyright. Anita Hansen Cedar Rapids, Iowa - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

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Sorry, I forgot to crop. Maureen > - 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/

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And I should, of course, mention needlelace as Nenia Lovesey wrote her first book in the late 1970s, she signed my copy at a lace day in Essex in 1982. Although I didn't try needlelace until after then. Maureen e Yorks UK. > On 26 Mar 2018, at 17:42, Maureen

[lace] Mounting lace for display

Does anyone know where I can find white enameled metal rings 5-8” in diameter in which to mount laces to make hanging window decorations? Metal, white, but not silver or gold. I have looked through the internet without success. Thanks for any suggestions. Tess (tess1...@aol.com in sunny but

[lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

People are contacting me privately with observations which are very interesting. One correspondent believes that post war immigration of Europeans to the US was a factor in the development of lacemaking here. This is an interesting observation because there were a number of people who were major

Fw: RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

>From: lynrbai...@supernet.com >Sent: Mar 26, 2018 9:51 AM >To: Devon Thein >Subject: RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s > >Dear Devon, read your email the first time I woke up at 6. Now 9:20 and my >coffee is brewing. Decadent hours. I was thinking about lacemaking in

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Hi Devon: The lace club I belong to (Vancouver Lace Club) started in 1955 but it was slow going at first because the ladies could only get instruction from a lacemaker who lived up the coast and only visited Vancouver once a year, to demonstrate lace at the Pacific National Exhibition. She would

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

I too started lacemaking in The early 70s but I had seen it in Golden Hands and found a local handicraft group that were putting a class on. Well I was going for embroidery classes at the time, but moved over to the lace class, supposedly for one term but which continued for a lot longer, to

[lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Sue, your observation about taking a class in an adult school in England is interesting. I think there was more of that in Great Britain than in the US at the time. But, Holly van Sciver took an adult school class in England while there for a college semester abroad. Eventually she was a large

RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Sue, your observation about taking a class in an adult school in England is interesting. I think there was more of that in Great Britain than in the US at the time. But, Holly van Sciver took an adult school class in England while there for a college semester abroad. Eventually she was a large

Re: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

I too started making lace in the 70s my interest was sparked purely by the chance sighting of lace making classes starting at our local night school and at the fact that I liked anything " crafty" after the first lesson I was well and truly "hooked" Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK Sent from my iPad

[lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

I am attempting to write a catalog for the Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques. The exhibit will include the work of Ros Hills, Lieve Jerger, and Jill Nordfors Clark who I consider to have begun their activity during the lace revival of the 1970s. If I were to try to

[lace] William Pegg

Thanks to all who responded. I have the article in Lace 98 and it is very interesting. Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - 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:

[lace] Jane Rushworth

Good morning Can anyone tell me if and how I can contact Jane Rushworth who did, I think live in the Cheshire area please? Thank you Maureen Yorkshire UK. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to