Hi all, I still don't think you can use Guild membership numbers as an accurate guide to how popular lace is in a country. There are a lot of valid reasons why a lacemaker might chose not to join an official group. It could be a guide, but there are a lot of factors (that we've discussed before) as to why someone might not join a National Guild.
It seems like the ALG numbers were over the 1000 mark a few years ago, and have dropped over the last few years if they're down to the 900 odd mark. But I'll bet there are still a lot of lacemakers around who just don't want to belong to their National Guild. They're still lacemakers. Cheers, Helen, Aussie living in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
