Hello, everybody,
All you have written about this lace I did not know is very complete and interesting...which leads me to wish I could get this book! thank you Alice Is the book still available for sale or is it sold out? could one of you tell me where to find it? (I live in France, and if it is available in GB, I would like to know where to ask) Greetings to all, Josette from Bourgogne, where the "vendanges" have started, one month ahaed the usual time, due to the extreme temperatures we had since June!!! Apparently, it will be good wine...but there is less than usual!!) > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 16:42:39 -0700 > From: alice howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [lace] Malmesbury Lace > > At 07:19 AM 8/18/2003 +1000, you wrote: > >Someone on Australian Ebay has a copy of Malmesbury Lace by > >Joan Blanchard, starting price $AU12.50. Does anyone have a > >copy of this book and can describe what's in it for me please? > > > The book "Malmesbury Lace" concentrates on the lace that was made in the > town of Malmesbury, England, for three centuries. It starts with a > general lace history that soon narrows down to lace in Malmesbury, and > has pictures of lacemakers both past and modern. This takes 31 pages. > > Following the history and background are 30 traditional patterns of a > variety of styles and difficulties. Each pattern has a pricking, a > diagram, picture, and detailed written instructions. > > Malmesbury lace was originally made with size cotton 140-180 thread. > Since this thread is no longer easily available, the author has adjusted > the pattern size to use DMC Brillante 50 (or Brok 100) thread. > > The original lace was made on a fat round pillow (almost a ball) and > used very plain thin bobbins -- something like honitons with flat ends. > No decoration on them. The majority of the laces were edgings and > insertions, so the lacemakers had to 'move up' the lace after every 10 > or 12 inches made. (Bless the roller pillow!) > > The lace is a point ground with some similarity to Bucks but with it's > own variations on the stitches. Anyone with experience in Bucks should > be able to succeed with these patterns because of the detailed information > given. The technique of dealing with the threads in the valleys between > scallops is very different from Bucks. > > It's a very dainty lace, in general. > > By the way, the purchase price on my copy (a few years ago) was $39.95 USA. > > I have enjoyed reading the historical part of the book, and worked several > patterns. > > Any other questions about the book? > > Happy lacing, > > Alice in Oregon - Gained 2 students from county fair demo!! > Oregon Country Lacemakers > Arachne Secret Pal Administrator > Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------ > > End of lace-digest V1 #3728 > *************************** > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
