Sue, I wrote to Kirsten very early on, when I first heard about the Lace
Dress, as I wanted to know if she would accept tatting, or not.
(Yes, she will if it is $40 thread or finer!)
It was quite a while before I got a reply, - so maybe wait a bit longer to
hear from her.
I hope it is going ahead
Where do I find Carmenâs lace, please? I cannot see a section with her name
(canât remember her surname) .
Regards from Liz. L.
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Thank you for that advice about clicking on Photostream. IO, too, have had
trouble finding photos when someone says they have put them up!! So good to
know, now, how to find them!
I have not been on Arachne for very many years, but I enjoy it, and have
bought a couple of tops â t-shirts
I have written to Elena Dickson, and included the request that come, just now,
at the end of the digest #9 for thjis year.
I included your email address, Elena K-L. so hopefully she will get back to
you directly.
Regards from Liz. L.
Melbourne. Oz.
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I believe Needlelace as we know it today came into being because, before hand,
it was worked in the spaces where threads from the fabric were withdrawn. When
the garment was worn out â the needlelace was also thrown away, as it was
part of the garment. Eventually they invented a way of making
Just a line to wish everyone the Compliments of the Season. (depending on your
beliefs, and being Politically Correct!)
Happy Christmas to those who celebrate it.
I Love that quote, Elena, âa ship is sooner rigged by far, than a
gentlewoman made ready.â
We are supposed to be in
Your write up was very interesting (as usual!!) Alex. When the Springetts came
out to Australia, in the 1980s, Christine showed us a slide show of some of
her collection of old lace. I always remember a cap & lappets in Beds Lace,
and she pointed out a flower motif on each lappet and the cap, and
After trying various ways of making a tally, I found that holding the 3
passives in my left hand, between various fingers, and weaving the 4th bobbin
â tail first â though them was the easiest way for me.
Now I am tatting , I tried Cluny Leaves â the Tatters version of Tallies, -
and found
I would have loved to go to the Ithaca event. Was it a day event or a
weekend? â the latter I seem to think. All the reports I heard about it made
is out to be so much fun, and I am sorry our trips over to USA were never at
the right time!!!
Now we wonât be travelling any more (Far too
Thank you for your replies to my question about glueing lace to a background.
It is for a picture, made up of small, separate pieces, and eventually framed
with glass in front.
I had not thought about glue changing colour with age. Hmmm!
It is certainly not something that will Ever be seen from
I have just be studying my copy of âTatting Artistry in Threadsâ by Helma
Siemann, and see that she has glued her multitude of Josephine Knots etc, to
Art board, to form the pictures (which are lovely) Is this an acceptable way
of fixing tatting to a background â and would it be accepted by
Many of you will know some of Noelene Laffertyâs poems about Lacemaking â
âTatting in your Pocketâ being one of the most widely know poems!
Well, Noelene has now just published a book of her 48 poems, on a Print on
Demand type book.
Here is the link, if anyone would like to buy a copy.
I know there are lacemakers in New Zealand, and they have a Lace Guild there,
too. I have met one NZ Lacemaker â last year at the IOLI Convention.
I donât know how far back the lacemaking goes, but I would think it is much
like here in Australia.
This sounds like a very interesting project.
Hooray, - some decent reading for later on!!! The IOLI Bulletin has just
arrived, so mail is getting though, though slowly.
With everything closed â including Libraries, - Lockdown has been rather
boring!!
Thank Goodness for our Lacemaking!!! At least we all would have had lots
to do â
Thank you for the link to the long article on the origins of Tatting. It was
very interesting. I really enjoyed reading all the different theories!
Thank you also to Devon for the close-up photos of some very interesting lace,
and the discussion that goes with them.
Yuk! I am glad I donât have
Your posts are Never boring, Brian. You have a wealth of knowledge and you
share it so generously.
These historical areas of Lacemaking will be lost forever, if someone, like
you, does not mark it down for the rest of us to read.
Very many Thanks for sharing these titbits of history with us.
The
I hope everyone is well, and safe from this terrible virus that is doing the
rounds.
During this summer over here in Australia I have been wearing my Arachne 2002
souvenir t-shirt with a hedgehog and spider on it. â and I can still fit in
it too! ð The Arachne navy polo shirt I also
Thank you for this very interesting article. I went to school next door to the
Bedford Jail! I remember that they had a magnificent wisteria climbing over
the inside wall, - which was beautiful when in full bloom, =- but was only
seen by âOutsidersâ when the large front gates were opened to
Thank you, everyone, for the concerns for us all over here in Australia. The
bush fires have been, - and still are â horrendous.
I live in an outer suburb of Melbourne, and we are quite safe, - but it is
lucky we were not in Mallacoota where they had to evacuate everyone by Sea â
the largest
Sue babbs, - your say about m someone thin king you were making Lice!!!
Well, Many years ago, my daughter Helen, who was in Denver, in those days,
went to the bank for a cheque for the Australian Lace Guild ( for her
membership fees) and the lady thought she said Lice Guild
So your lady was
Than k you all. I have found the right place now!! I have never looked
âelsewhereâ but just at what opens when I click on the main site â the
albums in alphabetical order!!
I must be more adventurous and try these other links!!! I have this one
bookmarked now, anyway.
These decorated
Brian â You are Amazing!! Thank you, - on behalf of us all, for keeping
these inscriptions, etc alive. If someone does not write them down, they will
eventually be lost forever, and that would be a terrible shame.
Sorry I cannot help with this, as I have no old Honiton bobbins. However, I
do
The Tatters Guild here in Melbourne (Australia) has to bring a box of books
for us to browse through, each meeting, as we have no library cupboard at the
Hall where we meet. For any special book, we can email the librarian and ask
for it to be brought to the next meeting (which is every 2 months)
Thank you Janice. You can put me on a list (if you are making one) for the
lunch (or whenever) meeting of Arachnids.
I always so enjoy meeting up with everyone. I have already been looking at a
gift to bring if there was a meeting!!
Regards from Liz. L.
Melbourne, Oz.
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Just a warning to everyone that I think I have been hacked, as some people are
getting a strange email supposedly from me, with a weird web site link in it.
No it is NOT from me!
My âsentâ folder has been wiped clean by someone â not me, and the only
letter there was one to a friend sent 3
I have just got the Digest, with your message in nit, Jean, and went to your
new website, - and it came up easily, and immediately/ I am on MS Windows 10,
and I used Google â did a copy & paste of the URL, put it in â and there
was a photo of you with âquite a lotâ of bobbins on your
I am doing a Happy Dance â here in chilly, damp, wintery Melbourne, Oz., as
I have just received a letter from the Convention Registrar to tell me I have
been entered in my First Choice class â mornings with Karen Bovard Sayre,
and also we got into our first choice of tour on the Wednesday â
I received a spam email from Clay, the other day. It was just a link to a diet
pill âshopâ.
Looks like Devon has been hacked as well as Clay.
Will there be an Arachne meeting at Convention, again this year? I so enjoy
meeting other Arachnids face-to-face at the Conventions.
I think this
I think Leonardâs way of making a picot with a new pair is very
âinventiveâ I would Never have thought of doing that. Well done Leonard!!
Then to read a lot further down the digest, that a teacher taught that way
â Wow!
Still, that is how lacemaking evolved â people working out how
I know this motif as a woven wheel â and Catherine Barleyâs book shows
clear diagrams for Needlelace ones â on page 97 in my edition.
They seem to be a common feature of many sorts of lace.
As The Immortal Bard said â Whatâs in a name? A rose by any other name
would small as sweetâ!!
Dear Alison,
If you look here - https://www.roseground.com/product/bobbin-winder
You will find the type of bobbin winder I have had for many years â at least
25 years,. And It still works as good as new!! It would be a good investment,
I think, and not too expensive â considering its
I have not received my Bulletin yet, and watch out for it every day â
hopingâ¦.!
I know Dawn Howell has not received hers, either â yet, as I saw her at Lace
Day on Saturday, and asked!
Our Postal service leaves much to be desired!! They changed the system a
couple of years ago, and it is
I just got my digest, with lots of news in it!
Firstly,. Sorry to hear of your loss, Daphne.
Congratulations, Susan, for winning the Advent Calendar Challenge. I
certainly recognised the first photo â the Bedford Bridge!! I went to
school in Bedford, and eventually lived and worked there,
Happy New Year to you all, and I hope 2019 is a good year for you.
I donât bother with New Year Resolutions as I never keep them anyway!!
However, I have plans to improve my tatting â which gets a bit sloppy
sometimes!,
Regards from Liz.in warm, sunny Melbourne, Oz.
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What a marvellous web site you have just made, Brian. Very many thanks. I
have just had a very quick browse, and will spend a lot of time, another day,
working my way though it all.
Best wishes for the /surgery, and I hope it is very successful, and that you
make a quick recovery.
Goodness!!
Seasons Greetings to everyone, and I hope the Festive Season and in to 2019 is
a good one for you. (How can it be almost 2019 already? I know we had a
couple of weeks of October, - but whatever happened to November? Did we get
one this year? I think I missed it!!! ð )
I get the Digest form
While at Sacramento for the IOLI convention a few years ago, the Wednesday
bus tour was to the Lace Museum in the morning, and Lacis in the afternoon â
an absolute Feast!!!It was just the Best Day Out!!
Try to do both if you can. We were fed our sandwich lunch on the bus as it
travelled
Firstly, before I ask my curly question â I am SO pleased to hear your
wonderful âLace, not Laceâ is going so well, Devon. You have put so much
into it, and I am thrilled for you that it is such a success.
Now â the IOLI competition has classes for 2 groups of people â Teachers,
and
Sorry to hear of Marionâs passing.
Oh Dear! another lacemaker up on that cloud now. It is getting to be too full
up there, so I hope everyone will stay down here for a lot longer!
I have received 2 Lace Magazines in the last 2 days â Wonderful!!
The first to arrive, yesterday, was the IOLI
Well said, Catherine. It is lovely, for us who could not be there â to read
all about the Belgium Lace Convention/Congress (is there a difference between
to 2?) Many of us would have Loved to have been there, and reading about it
in detail is the next best thing! Thanks, Anna â and if you
Many thanks to Lin who has put the 2 photos on Flikr for me, and sent me some
instructions which I have printed off.
And also a big Thank You to Sue for sending me more detailed instructions to
get into Flikr. They are printed off, and saved as well, - so I should be
able to find any use them in
Help please for adding a photo to Flikr. I have a problem as it has all been
changes, I think, and Yahoo wonât acknowledge me any more. Grrr!!
I have the old Honiton word, and a name to enter, or I have my own password,
but it does not like either.
Now it wants me to add my email address,
Thank you all for the kind comment about my Gros Pr. Needlelace piece. Gros
Point is my favourite lace to make!! Doing the raised cordonets and
embellishments if great fun â providing I have planned them carefully
beforehand. I tend to get carried away, and over do it a bit sometimes!!
Firstly â I do hope everyone is safe and well protected from that terrible
storm that is just about arriving on the East Coast of USA. We have seen TV
pictures of it, and had the predictions, so we have you all in our thoughts &
prayers.
I hope it is not going to interrupt your Exhibition,
I used a polycotton for the Dress Cap I made (in navy, as I am white-haired
now, and white lace would not show up !! )
I did not enjoy using the thread, as it did not want to stay in the hitch
around the bobbin!, but otherwise the finished product turned out very well .
the best part is that it
Congratulations, Alice in Oregon. I hope you are going to wear the lappets â
like you did, I seem to remember, some years ago at an IOLI Convention. I
think you wore different ones each day, from your collection.
I hope you can post a photo of your lappets for us to see â but Not on
Facebook-
This interesting lace seems to be a variety after reticella. If you have
Margaret Stephensâ book on Embroidered Lace â the basic structure is very
similar, - except she withdraws all the threads in the square, not cut to the
corners and fold the triangles back.
The stitches used are different,
Very pretty flowers, Sue. Well done, and what a nice way to commemorate a
loved one.
I hope the seller, (or the Post Office) will reimburse you for the smashed
domes. It sounds like poor packaging by the seller. What a big
disappointment.
Hmm!!! I Must get around to adding a few new photos of my
I have the Digest form of Arachne, and I see Devonâs message there twice â
but Interestingly, the first one has the 2 paragraphs together, and the 2nd
one has a double lin space between the 2 paragraphs!!
Work that out! :)
Many of the emails â especially Jeriâs have odd hieroglyphics
My IOLI Bulletin has just arrived, so I will have some good reading later on!!
I have not had time to open it yet, though!
Now to watch out for the UK Lace magazine, and Oz Lace should be out and about
soon, too!
Regards from Liz in chilly but dry Melbourne, Oz. We would Love some rain, -
so if
Thank you, Jean R. for mentioning the IOLI Bulletin. I have not received mine
yet, and I havenât heard of any other Aussies who have received it, so I
will mention it on the Aussie list, so they all can look out for it.
It is good to know when these magazines come out, as the Postal Service
Wow! Alex, that hits it right on the head!! Texture or colour? One does seem
to override the other. Yes, I agree.
I do a lot more monochrome lace, and I know just what you mean about the
texture showing up when it is not distracted by colour.
Catherine, I worked your Strawberries â and learned
Yes Shirley T. and David, I remember the shop called The Lacemaker very
well!!
Goodness! It was about the only place you could get lacemaking supplies. It
was very sad when it closed.
Before that, though, I used to buy cones of linen thread at a little shop in
the city where they kept it on a
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 hamâs mixed laces book, and Pam Robinsons book, and so
on.
I found some classes here in an outer suburb of Melbourne in
The new Australian Lace magazine arrived today, - so anyone who has a
subscription should look out for it, - as it is âin the postâ!!
I am busy tatting â with a #80 threads â which is Very nice â except
when one does a stupid mistake (like not paying attention, and/or mis-reading
the
Hooray! I received the IOLI Bulletin (and Handbook), on Monday, and on
Tuesday I received the UK Lace magazine!! What a Feast of good reading and Eye
Candy!
Australian Lace is at the printers, I believe, so that should arrive in a week
or so!!
However did we exist before these Guilds
Does anyone have a Poppy Pattern for Tatting? I have some red thread and
would be happy to tat some poppies for this wonderful project.
Tatting is almost all I can do these days â at the moment. I try a bit of
Early Lace, as I can plait, and mostly pins go in where necessary, and donât
have
For some Strange reason, I have just received another Lace Chat Digest, and it
is filled with Jan, and Feb mail from Last year.
Has anyone else received old mail that is being recycled? Whatever has
happened?
It is labelled for this year as Sunday January 14 2018 Volume 2018:1 â but
when
Thank you all for your replies to my query about fingering Yarn. I was amazed
at how quickly I got replies! I get the digest so I am not used to prompt
answers quite so quickly!!!
You Ladies are Amazing!!
Sue Duckles â The vest is in the Anna for May 1992 - issue #5 for that
year.
I will
I have just been going though some old Anna Magazines â what Wonderful
magazines they were!! â and one garment I want to make â a tatted Vest!
â needs:-
âMedium Fine wool Schoeller âSouvenirâ â(50g/195m/213yds.)
Would this be, - a 3ply or 4 ply wool? I wonder if some of you
I am very sorry to hear of the passing of Anny Noben Slegers.
I have here, in front of me, a (paper) bookmark with her âWashington
Monumentâ lace printed on it. I think it was the Washington DC Convention
in 2011 where we were given them. She made some remarkable lace, and will be
sadly
Carolina that is a beautiful card and greeting. Thank you.
I send all on the Arachne list Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas and all the
very best for the New Year.
I just hope 2018 goes a bit slower than 2017 - which seems to have flown
by!!
Thank you all for your help, information, and
On a TV programme travelling around Britain by train, Michael Portillo visited
a factory where needles are made, and we saw the machines punching out the
eyes of the needles.
I only found out a few years ago that there is a good side and a bad side when
threading needles!! Now I have seen the
To those missing out on Jeri's emails - perhaps think about switching to the
Digest form of Arachne. Jeri's emails are always there.
Thank you Jeri, for all your wonderful information that you give us on such
a variety of Lace subjects. You are a "fount of knowledge" and it is always
a delight
Many of the Bucks Point prickings have only about an inch of dots for the
ground pins. It took a long time for me to find out that this was because
after the last row of ground pins the lacemakers would be able to work the
ground without any pins, so the work would be a lot faster.
I wonder if the
I have just received 2 lovely cards with gifts inside.
Very many thanks to Agnes B. For the card with bookmark and the pricking, too.
It is a wide piece of torchon type lace, beautifully worked, and will be
treasured. Thank you, Agnes.
I also received my 2nd exchange card â from Lin H,. The
Thank you all for your contributions which has made such interesting reading.
The History of Lace and these tells is fascinating..
The men learned lacemaking as children, and as agricultural workers they were
dependant on the weather, - so during times of bad weather, they were able to
earn a few
Hooray!! My magazine arrived this morning. I have not had a chance to open it
yet, - but I know I will have some good reading this evening, when I get time
to sit and look though it!!
I must learn to concentrate better â I mad a bad boo-boo with my tatting
last evening, - and used the wrong
Thank you, Janice, for alerting us to the new Bulletin. I will watch out for
it, now I know there is one somewhere in the post!!
How come you always seem to get yours first?! :)
Sorry to hear of the passing of your Lace Teacher, Lin H. 98 was a good age,
and it sounds like she kept pretty
Those California fires are Terrible. Will they never end?
Nice story last night on TV of a couple going back to their burned out home
â with nothing left but their Dog was still alive and at the ashes of the
house. Amazing.
We had a âBlack Saturdayâ of terrible fires a few years ago when
Hooray, - and Wow! The postie delivered the IOLI Bulletins this morning â
Yes, Plural â there were 2 of them!! Spring and Summer editions, - so I
have Lots of interesting reading for tonight!
I have had a very quick flip though â and see there are Tatting patterns by
the Shuttle Brothers.
So sorry to hear of your loss, Sue T. , - just remember all the Happy memories
of your Mother. How nice that you have been given back the lace you made for
her, and that she obviously treasured. Now you can keep it safe. Too.
Those wedding garters are appreciated by the various brides, I am
I hope all the lacemakers and their families in the Caribbean and Florida re
safe and well, and in Mexico, too
I have heard from Jo Anne and all is well with her. It was so nice to meet
up with her in Philadelphia a few weeks ago, - when the weather was fine and
very hot!
The TV footage of
Very sad to hear of the passing of Santina Levi. Condolences to her family
and friends.
Her History of Lace is a magnificent book, and I believe she had a hand in the
Le Pompe book, and the âHowe toâ part at the back!
The Happy news is the challenge for both wire and fibre lace that Lenka
I do hope the Lacemakers in Texas are all safe, and their families too. We
are seeing, on the TV news, terrible footage of the storm and floods there.
Best wishes to all those in the affected areas, and also those near by, as
there will be a lot of âspin-offâ from the devastation.
Next
Very many thanks, Jeri. I have found the New England site, - and your book
reviews, and bookmarked it!!
I have been in touch with Gil, and have ordered her new book.
We missed you at the IOLI convention. It was, as usual, very nice, the Hotel
was good, and lots of fun was had by all! It was a
Ok, everyone â I have found Gilâs website, - and Bookmarked it!! :)
I did not think, earlier , - to check the Lace IOLI site, - where the URL was
listed!! (Brain is not always âin gearâ these days!!)
Hmm! I must order that new book! Looks interesting â like the others
are!!!
I have just started an Early Lace from Rosemary Shepherdâs book. It is an
edge- but I have repeated it, (footside to footside) to make a double si9ded
piece. It seems to be working OK!!
Gil Dye has another book out now, I think - #5 in the series? Where can one
get it? â Can one get it
My UK Lace magazine arrived yesterday. What an interesting, and pretty cover!
Am I about the last to receive it, - or are others still waiting?
There is a Lot of interesting reading within the covers, too.
Very well done to the Editor.
Regards from Liz. Back home in Melbourne, Oz, after a great
Arlene, Many thanks for that posting about the Convention Venue. I get the
digest, so I only got it just now.
It was Most informative, and will be very useful. Unless the next Digest
comes though quickly, I will have left here before it arrives.
We are arriving on Wednesday evening, and
Being English/Aussie, I use the word Plait (or occasionally Leg â just to
confuse things further!!) for the 2 pair ct,ct,ct section,
And Braid, - to me â is a wider piece with more passive pairs, and one pair
of workers going backwards and forwards -, as in Tape lace.
Lacemaking, having
Yes, my husband is the âclinging vineâ sort, and comes to the Arachne
lunch â but he does Not participate in the raffles, etc â just sits and
eats his lunch, and talks to whoever is close by!
Having another husband there would be Goo0d â providing we can organize them
to sit
Some of you may remember the late Gabrielle Pond, who had vast Lace knowledge,
and a wonderful collection of lace.
I usually wear lace at Lace Days â but one time I did not â and, as
usual, I went to say Hello to Gabrielle Pond, who lived in Melbourne and
always came to our Lace Days. I
I have been advised to change the setting from HTML to Plain Text, to get rid
of the strange bits, -- but I am using the Windows 10 email section, - and
canât find where to change the system. I canât find that setting anywhere.
Grrr!!!
Last year, when over in the States, I found a Microsoft
Thank you, Jean & David for all the work you have done with the Guild web
site. It is always a pleasure to go there, and be able to navigate all its
pages so easily.
Whoever takes over has very big shoes to fill.
Enjoy your "retirement"!!!
Liz in Melbourne, Oz
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Just a quick line to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas. May the joys of
the Season be with you and your families.
Thank you all for the messages to the list over this year. I have the
digest form, and look forward to having a good read when they drop into my
email box!
Jeri - as usual you
I have sent both my Exchange cards, and scans of them have been sent to
Jenny.
I received my UK Lace Magazine, but there is still no sign of the IOLI
Bulletin, - so I must write to the Editor, and let her know. Others here in
Oz, don't seem to have received them either , as I have asked around
Firstly, thanks for letting us know the IOLI Bulletin and the UK Lace
magazines are out and about. We, down-Under have not received either of
them yet. I watch for the post each day, but without success as yet!
As to the research into the old Bobbins - I Love it, - so keep talking,
I have not received the Summer Bulletin yet, nor the Fall one.
The last one I received (very late) was the Spring issue, - with \Devon's
Teapot on the front cover - Triumph of the Wildflowers, - Prairie
Restoration in Iowa.
Has anyone had the summer Edition? I think it was delayed due to the
I, too, received that suspect email, and also one from (supposedly) Karen
Bovard. Neither made sense to me - I read them in the preview pane, so hit
the Shift and delete keys, and hopefully they are permanently removed!
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.
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Yes the list has been quiet recently. I get the digest version, and there
has been quite a gap since the last one.
With regard to the Lace Guilds Publications, - Although we don't want the
list to be filled with the "Me too" type messages, it would be nice if one
person could mention when a UK
Sorry for the delay in replying to this.
I agree with you Jeri, - there is No room for nastiness on any Lace List. I
have known of just 2, I think, - one on each of 2 lists, and the Moderator
of each list soon clamped down on it. Other than these 2 people, I have
always known only great
I have replied to Linda privately.
Basically, the "Emergency" kit that lives in my handbag is a small
coin-sized pouch with shuttles and a cropped pattern - just the minimum
amount of instructions, for a simple ring and chain piece! (No Ball of
thread -that is too bulky,). It is just something to
I had never seen - or heard!- of these needles before I took the tatting
class at Indy, this year. A packet of them was in our kit that we were
given for the class. They are wonderful!
It was an amazingly comprehensive kit that our Teacher gave out, and it was
a very enjoyable class. I am so
Fancy Lacemaking getting to the Olympics! Wonderful!! Lace has "arrived"
( after about 500 years!!! :) )
Yes, - in answer to Alice - there were bobbins hanging from the pillow, and
the lacemaker was toying with them as she stood there, - but not making any
lace, I don't think!
Regards from
"I am reluctant to click to find out more suspecting it is a scam.."
That is Spam, Alex. Actually it is Ransomwear - it will freeze your
computer and you will have to pay them - whoever they are - to unlock your
computer.
I have had a few of them, and I use the Shift and Delete
I am with you, Jeri, -- Wear lace -- Lots of it!!! As often as possible!!
I do whenever I can - like at Lace Days!
Many years ago, at one of our Lace Days I said my usual "Hello" to the late
(and greatly missed) Gabrielle Pond. She paused, looked me up and down, -
and then replied "Oh! I did
Survey - I am 1-C and 2-B
We are safely home now, -- after a Very long day of flying from Indy to
Melbourne!! Yuk!!
But it was SO nice to meet up with everyone. My DH took some photos at the
Arachne lunch which Janice organized for us -- thank you Janice, - and I
have sent 4 of them to
Very best wishes, Brian, for your 'retirement' I, too, have just turned 80
-- obviously 1936 was a Vintage Year! Good pre-war quality!
Your bobbin collection, and all your writings have been wonderful, and I am
sure all Lacemakers will join me in saying Thank You for your efforts to
help
Elizabeth Correa -- I look forward to meeting you at the IOLI convention.
We will be there a couple of days beforehand. What class will you be in?
I am in the morning Tatting class - making the necklace shown on the IOLI
convention list of classes. ( class 514 I think).
It is always fun to
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