What a sensible man Iain Biggins must be! Good on Him, I say!
I can understand his idea that it should help him with the business. I am
sure the customers think the same.
Iain is not the only one.. Kenn Van Dieren (our "own" <g>) has also learnt to make lace to make sure that his products were satisfactory in use. And now he has two hats to wear, two plates to juggle... :)
And, speaking of men making lace... Susan McLeod (another Arachnean) sent me the following website of a Polish tatter:
http://www.frywolitka.slupsk.pl/?id=o_mnie
That's the "about me" section and has the photo of the guy. To see various stuff he's done (he says all the work shown is of his own design), go to Galeria (gallery) and click on all the sub-headings (they're, in order: little hats, little collars, pictures, tree ornaments, window ornaments, miscellaneous, doilies, hair clips, green ensemble).
It's too bad the site is in Polish only, though I suspect the man speaks other languages as well -- the history of tatting link is based on on Gertrude Whiting's "Old-Time Tools and Toys of Needlework". But, if you go to "Publikacje" (publications) you'll find that some of his patterns have ben published in Anna Burda and in Workbox )(and issue numbers are given)
He's also planning to publish a book of patterns -- and looking for sponsors (suppliers, trade for ads)...
----- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
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