In a message dated 08/09/2003 22:52:11 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Her views on which lace to learn first are equally sensible - "Do you > admire and wish to make Honiton or fine Brussels, and are you prepared to take > great pains and spend a considerable amount of time? Then do not hesitate to > begin straight away on Honiton. If > you wish to make point ground or Point de Paris then begin with it, and do > not waste time on Torchon or anything else..." This quote from Miss Channer's book is rather interesting and mademe wonder something - I've always assumed that before the resurgence of modern lace making, where we have access to any type of lace regardless of geographic type, that lace makers only learnt the geographical lace that was available. ie. if you lived in the Honiton area you learnt only Honiton in order to make lace and that you didn't start with Torchon then move on Regards Liz Beecher I'm <A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging</A> now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
