Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

My mom took a bobbin lace class in the mid-80's. This was in the San Fernando Valley (NW Los Angeles County). The teacher's name was Page, but I don't remember her last name. The class was through a weaving store. She must have been a good teacher because she let me sit in on one class when

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

I can see now that after removing all of the previous posts, I forgot to leave enough so people would know which publication I was talking about. I have to say, this is actually the thing that has prevented me from posting more over the years. With Gmail, the old email is set as hidden, so I

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

1. Michael Auclair was a good friend of mine. We were both members of the now defunct Lace Guild of New York. I believe I was the only person in our shared lace orbit ever invited to his upper East Side cold water walk-up flat. He was passionate about his lace, and liked to pick my brain about

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

On 5/14/18 9:09 PM, Kim Davis wrote: It is known as Lacis now, but was first called The Lace Place. For a time, there was a mail-order business called "Some Place". I had a really terrible time telling people where I got the things I bought from them. I don't know *when* the name was

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

He is deceased. Sadly, I believe he was an early victim of AIDs. Devon On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi wrote: > There was a young man from New York City who was interested in lace in the > period? Michael Auclair? Does anyone know about him?

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

There was a young man from New York City who was interested in lace in the period? Michael Auclair? Does anyone know about him? Present or past? Any phone numbers or emails? ... I could imagine Bobby meeting him On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:05 AM, Kim Davis wrote: > In case

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Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

Hello Devon The online source is the weaving archive, subsection documents relating to lace, search Periodicals. The archive url is in the link I posted. (I hope you understand, I'm keying this from my iPod) Good to know further information on the young man in New York! Bev in Shirley BC west

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

Dear Bev, You seem to have a set of pdf's of the IOLI Bulletin? Are these available somewhere? The young man from New York City who teaches lacemaking would have been Michael Auclair. He was very interested in the Ipswich laces, and Irish laces, too, I think. He did some lace appraising, even for

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

Hello Sharon and everyone Could your protagonist drive to San Bernardino? In this 1981 issue of the IOLI Bulletin, there is an article, page 13 of the pdf, about the forming of a new group of bobbin lacers, the Cross Twisters of San Bernadino, wherein they invite anyone in the area of the County

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

He probably would have met up with Kaethe Kliot (please double check spelling of her first name) from Lacis in Berkeley. It is known as Lacis now, but was first called The Lace Place. I do not know when the name changed precisely offhand, but you should be able to search that easily enough.

[lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

For my novel, Bobby is attending the University of California Santa Cruz. It is academic year 1984-1985. (He will be spending the summer of 1985 in New York.) He wants to take a class in lace making. It could be bobbin or needle lace or both. A member of the list just wrote to me to share her