Dear Aurelia, Yes, I agree but Roses and Thistles Handkerchief takes *more* bobbins than Miss Channer's mat.
Your references to *getting off of Channer's Mat* and facing Eastward brought up the question of whether the *mat* was a prayer rug. Tom Andrews ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aurelia L. Loveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Collyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 2:39 PM Subject: [lace] --Channer mat - reprinting > Your info about reprinting is very interesting, and I don't doubt that as a > partial result of it, the number of Arachne-novelists is going to increase > in the coming year! Good! Time we got past Montupet's "The Lacemaker." > > But it's also time we got past Miss Channer's mat! For the last 3 or 4 > weeks I've been trying to get people to notice --other! more beautiful! > more challenging! less bobbin-laden!!-- pieces. F.i., Misses Sivewright & > Pope (ed. Christine Springett); or the gorgeous "Roses and Thistles" > handkerchief made by Christine Agambar, a gem, a jewel, and printed in > Underwood's "Collection" (publ., incidentally, by Ruth Bean!). Gorgeous! > Miss Channer's mat is indeed very nice, but it isn't gorgeous. > > And for those who want to face eastward toward the continent, there is > Michael Giusiana's staggering new book of Binche handkerchiefs. Again, Miss > Channer's mat is pretty, but it isn't staggering. > > Arachnes, do hear me! Let's get off Miss Channer's mat! -- Aurelia > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
