Hi All, I got to sleep late today so I don't feel like a zombie woman anymore. Finally a chance to write e-mail. Sumac and I had a fabulous time at the IOLI Convention. We met many arachnes and other wonderful lace makers! Devon and I got to have dinner together by chance one night - what fun to talk lace research and detective work <G>.
The drive took longer than expected (traffic tie-ups, etc.) so we were late for the Teacher Merchant night. I did get to meet Angela and her daughter Jane briefly and Angela signed my copy of "Romanian Point Lace". What *beautiful* samples she had to show!! We missed the arachne get-together that night. I was zooming once we got there and didn't realize the time until it was too late : ( We saw LOTS of lace! I forgot to grab the woman with the Carrickmacross vest with a Carousel and carousel animals - including giraffes - on it. I really wanted a closer look! I loved the pieces in the exhibit but didn't get back to see who made what. I gather that was noted after we voted. I look forward to seeing the pieces in the Bulletin. Sumac took two tatting classes and made incredible pieces. One class was inverted tatting. Forgive me if I get this wrong but I'll try to explain. One piece is made with long picots. The other side has long picots and they are attached to the ends of the first picots. It looks a little like Needle Lace. Her other class was Pearl Tatting which makes picots on both sides of the main cord. That looks like another NL stitch to me. Both very cool new ideas for tatting (new to me anyway). Her teacher was Judith Connors from Australia. I had wonderful students and much fun teaching them Battenberg lace <G>. I had two days off and spent one in the library in downtown Harrisburg. A tatter had been there to see what they had too. I spent time with Harper's Bazaar magazine from 1892 and got a lot of good leads from the Reference Librarian. I'm so grateful I usually get to see the actual issues, microfilm is not quite so convenient. And I need a lot of practice making copies from it. Nevertheless I found some interesting things! The whole Convention was great, great fun for us! What a treat to be in Lace Land for a week! I must say I don't know how those of you in the UK go to that Christmas Lace Fair (NEC?). I was dazzled enough with all the vendors in Harrisburg and pictures from that Fair looks 20 times (or more) as big! I'd probably self-combust before I could buy anything! Jane in Vermont, USA where we had a perfect day - 74o F (24o C I think) - lovely! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
