The problem is that the time spent turning or whittling bobbins was very much
less than the time spent using them. Then, as now, bobbins could be passed on
for generations and still be functional.
By the 1920s lacemaking was a dying skill but in the mid 19th century a lot of
the female
May of you will know that we have nothing more than two names that were
recorded by Gertude Whiting as being maker of Honiton lace bobbins. They
are Mr Miller and Mr Goode. They appear both to be Beer residents, though
it is possible that Mr Millers mother married again (??) I am guessing the
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Subject: [lace] Census label
I've been meaning to ask for a while. A few posts, and many lace
websies mention census labels. What are they?
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I've been meaning to ask for a while. A few posts, and many lace
websies mention census labels. What are they?
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Sent: Saturday, 22 August 2009 1:23 AM
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Subject: [lace] Census label
I've been meaning to ask for a while. A few posts, and many lace
I received this from my lace friend in Japan
*So.. this is my idea about lace makers in Japan.*
*I know only her name Rieko Tamura.*
*She teaches making lace and fabric box, and sometimes I visit her web
site.*
*In fact, I would like to learn making fabric box from her sometime.*
*She said
Hello Nobuko
On the internatioanl lace digest arachne.com an informal census of
numbers of lace makers world wide
is in progress.
We had a response from Rieko Tamura (see below), but wondered if you
have any idea of numbers of lace makers
in your part of Japan. This includes bobbin lace, tatting
I never believed that I would find this thread so interesting, but I do.
Thank you all for your input.
I never heard what our UK friends have to say about this subject. Leonard,
can't you give me an estimate, you're at the lace guild now.
I was also thinking that there was very little said about
I skimmed the first 10 pages of googling with bobbin lace site:.jp and
added the most interesting to
http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/linknew-EN.html
It is still an unorganised mess
Jo
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WOW!!! What an incredible collection of information!!! Thank you so muc, Jo!!
I don't think it's a mess at all... drool, drool, drool. (well, maybe
soon!!) ; )
Clay
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Lynchburg, VA USA
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Thank you Jo for providing the links. I did look for the google listing and
got very well lost in the vast volume.
On the Japanese web site -- the Chicken was extremely well designed and a
delight to analyze.
Diane Zierold
Lubec, Maine
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What about Japan?
Are there any Japanese members who can enlighten us?
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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There are bobbin and tatting lace books published purely in Japanese - I
have a beauty, ISBN 4-579-10822-1, brought back from Japan by a friend, and
she has several others. And a Google search of bobbin lace Japan and go
to the end of the list for all Japanese script sites will bring up some of
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There are bobbin and tatting lace books published purely in Japanese - I
have a beauty, ISBN 4-579-10822-1, brought back from Japan by a friend, and
she has several others. And a Google search of
I've just been looking at the new batch of labels on the Lace Guild website
http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/
the Australian one is my favourite
jenny barron
Scotland
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