I have run across those crocheted mats and doilies from China, but not repro
lace. What is it exactly? Machine-made? Or mass-produced under sweat shop
conditions without quality control?
Curious,
Sr. Claire
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Hi Bev, Carolyn, et al,
When I hosted the Lacemakers' Circle Suffolk/Essex Get-Togethers at the ICI
Imagedata Recreation Club, in every November, I used to make huge,
industrial quantities of Cattern Cakes, and also a couple of Tanders Cakes -
but I also used to make large quantities of the
Dear Jeri and Arachne friends,
Jeri Ames wrote:
Following on the heels of the unfortunate death of the young Webmaster for
International Old Lacers, Inc. and unexpected shut down of the IOLI
website:
All lace organizations and officers of the same, please review your
documents and
One way to practice Het Lassen is to use machine laces .. anything you have on
hand. Cut it apart, then overlap to match the pattern and overcast across two
rows, then trim ends. If you can find a machine lace piece that is vaguely
similar to the style of your own lace, even better. A bit of
Carol's best wishes and may your pins never bend reminded me of a poem I
wrote (last year? I forget) for Christmas cards for lacemaking friends.
If anyone taking part in our annual Christmas Card exchange would like to
use this in their card, they are more than welcome to do so.
Especially at
Can anyone please refer me to the source of a pricking, believed (in
the English The Lacemaker for September of this year, and shown on
page 14) to be designed by Pamela Nottingham?
The lace is a combination of Torchon edgings and tape lace, in the
form of an outline of a lady in a long
Does anyone have any updates on the IOLI website?
I finally have spending money again and was planning to rejoin. I have had
a couple of my virtual correspondents tell me that the IOLI link in the
sidebar of my blog doesn't work, but I'm reluctant to take it down for fear
I'll forget to put
For some time now I have looking at just when East midland Bobbins started
to be spangled.
I clearly know why Honiton bobbins were not spangled because they have to
thread the bobbin through whatever from time to time and a spangle would
be a darned nuisance to say the least. (It must be
It may surprise many of you to know that my collection of bobbins is very
junky! I got them because they had degraded pewter, sealing wax heads, they
were bent, beaten up or anything that would help me get inside bobbins and
their makers.
Today I poured them out on to the table to just see
