Hello,
I am travelling to Finland next August, and would like to know if there is
somebody from Finland on the list that can give me some information about
lace in her/his country, or anybody from another part of the world who knows
what I should not miss while being there.
Thank you very much
Hello Antje
On the Lacemakers of the world map, are two lacemakers in Helsinki.
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/Map/
Both have email contact (click on envelope symbol).
There are another two further up north.
I lived in Finland from 1980-1985, and remember going to a craft centre
where there were
Dear Antje,
About 12 years ago, the OIDFA Congress was held in Rauma, Finland. It
would be worthwhile for you to find people who attended (I did not), as there
was a lot of local lace displayed. For my lace collection, a friend
brought back a lovely tape lace collar from Rauma. She
Sally Schoenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe the Swedish Lace Guild has a shop in Linkoping which is
also within a daytrip of Stockholm.
The shop moved from Linköping to Vadstena some years ago, it is likely
to have limited opening hours at this time of the year.
The shop in Nordiska
Dear Arachnes,
My husband will be in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden this coming
weekend. He has about 1-1/2 days in each city. Are there any lace shops
or places that he could visit for me in either city? I did look at
Lacefairy's site but it seems like most of the lacemaking
When I was in Stockholm some years ago, I made a daytrip visit to Vadstena,
where I found two excellent lace supply shops. I believe the Swedish Lace
Guild has a shop in Linkoping which is also within a daytrip of Stockholm.
The shops in Vadstena were well worth the trouble of the trip. There's
