I don't know about Nuneaton, but if she is coming to London, Liberty's in Regent St (near Oxford Circus) might be worth a visit. Its fabric department is smaller than it was, but it does still have some unusual fabrics she might be interested in. It also has knitting and (I think) crochet and embroidery (an awful lot of needlepoint!)
John Lewis in Oxford St used to have a huge fabric department, but it's now a shadow of its former self. It's still worth looking into if she's in the area, since it also has knitting. I don't know what Harrods is like these days - I stopped going there a few years ago after getting sickened by the antics and posturings of Mohammed Fayed, who owns it. But I assume they still have reasonable farbic and knitting departments. That's about all I can think of in Central London - the few specialist knitting/embroidery shops have long gone. As to lace - practically nothing. If she's looking for lace books, the bookshop with the biggest selection is Foyles, in Charing Cross Rd. Not a bad selection for a general bookshop (15-20 titles), but you can probably do better at the average lace fair. Acorn Bobbins are in Coventry, which isn't too far from Nuneaton, is it? (I'm not good at Geography north of Watford!) I can't get to their website to check whether they accept personal callers (www.acornbobbins.co.uk), tel no 024 76442890. There's a lace supplier called SMP lace in Buckinghamshire who welcome personal callers on two days a week. They have bobbins, but just standard ones, nothing special. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/smplace/ And maybe she'd be within reach of Chris Parsons near Bath at http://www.lace-bobbins.co.uk Regards, Annette in London --- Kenn Van-Dieren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear list, > > I received this posting tonight from a lady looking for help. > Attempting to > look like am really a nice person (no matter what people say) I am > asking > for help. > > Kenn, > I am in California, USA, and am coming to London on Aug 23 for about 10 > days. We are staying in Nuneaton, so I was wondering what was there. > My > web search under Nuneaton, UK brought up your web site, but I don't see > a > bobbin maker listed in Nuneaton. I am a dressmaker who likes to tat, > crochet, and knit so would be interested in visiting a shop of this > type. > Can you make a suggestion or two? I will also have Sept 1 for shopping > in London. > Thank you for any help in this area. > Loy > > *************************************** > Kenn Van-Dieren > Bobbins by Van-Dieren > 2304 Clifford Avenue > Rochester, NY 14609-3825 > Tel: 585.654.5711 > Cell: 585.750.8842 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site: www.bobbinmaker.com > ***************************************** > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
