Thought you all might be interested in this article about lacemaking (or
not) in India.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/28/stories/ 2002112800740100.ht
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Of course they say that lacemaking is dying. They don't know about Sulochona ;-)
What "gets to me" is how so many "official" descriptions of BL (of which the Indian site is only one) seem to suggest that lacemaking is all about *pins*...
I can understand it when my current cleaning lady asks: "how do you know which thread to wrap around which pin"... All she's ever seen (at best; I usually cover up the pillow and leave the kitchen when she gets there) is an *inert* project. The pinholes are there, as are the wound bobbins attached to the whole mess, so the assumption *might* be that you put in an inch or so worth of pins, and wrap the threads around them later.
But, for anyone who's *ever seen the process*???
This particular cleaning lady is the first one who, when told "you make a stitch *first*, *then* support it with a pin", actually wanted to be *shown* how it's done (too bad I'm working with organzine, and pins almost head-to-head; she didn't see *much* <g>). She also "allowed" as she wouldn't mind trying to do it herself... We'll see; if I'm not careful, I'll end up like Sulochona -- teaching for free, and, at the same time, paying that person for *their* time <g>
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Tamara P Duvall
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Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
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