We're just back from a little vacation on the Leelanau peninsula of Michigan. We rented a mini-cabin, walked along the rocky lakeshore, and visited the lighthouse museum.
But the most interesting thing to me was in the fog signal building, they had the wedding dress of one of the lighthouse keeper's wives, and around the neck of the dress what the card described as a "crocheted scarf". This was actually a band, about three inches wide, of extremely fine lace knitting. The thread was thinner than size 80 tatting thread. The dress and card were in a glass case, so I couldn't examine it closely, but I'm sure I left my share of nose smudgies! The museum is managed by the township and opened daily by volunteers. If you ever make your way up to this beautiful area, that's the one and only lace thing there is to see. Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
