I do not think they even made kits, horror or otherwise, when I started. I started with a magazine artlcie, a 'pillow' made of excelior** stuffed into a sack and into which I inserted a round board...about 12" diameter. For thread, sewing..as were the pins. The bobbins.....sewing machine bobbins wound as directed. I quickly abandoned those in favor of pencil stubs with elastics wrapped around the end.....and I made lace!!! The article mentioned Rachel Wareham and National Old Lacers...... A quick inquiry and a wonderful answer and I was hooked. Oh, so long ago!!!! Still doing it. BarbE
**excelior: also called 'wood wool' and it was used as packing for breakables long before we had plastic peanuts!!! Made a great pillow. long since loaned out and not returned! ----- Original Message ----- From: Madelin Holtkamp To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #353 Dear Bev and the list-- This was my experience exactly. i made one rather nice little piece of Torchon, figured out that there were better tools out there and began searching the web, which led me to a whole new world of lace makers and their toys. And, of course, this very helpful list. I do agree that someone could do quite well with a better basic kit. I use my old stuff as a pricking board and gimp bobbins. Regards--Madelin Ukiah, CA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
