I laughed and laughed!! Noelene, you are truly the bard of all lacemakers!!
As a new lacemaker, I was told two things: you will never have "too many" bobbins. And, as far as books go, Tamara advised me "Get'um while you can!" While the first lesson was adhered to with wild abandon for several years, I realized that there IS a point at which that advice becomes null and void. On the BOOKS issue, however, I have not yet reached the saturation point. When I devoted a spare room in my house to my "office/lace room", I put in a large bookcase. It housed all of my professional books, and a couple of shelves of lace books. As time went by, I gradually packed up the "lessor" professional books to make way for new and essential lace books. Eventually, the lace books "ruled", and it now holds PRIMARILY lace-related books, folders, folios, notebooks, etc., with a few remaining shelves holding "stuff". (All of the professional books now reside in my office at work, freeing up all that wonderful space!) But my books have narrowed in focus. I've been more selective, AND (yes, it's true...) I've consigned a few books to the table at lace days, where they were purchased by others more interested in the topic than I... So yes, "I'm Clay, and I'm a lace book-aholic"..... Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Noelene Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Lace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 3/30/2005 4:50:41 PM > Subject: [lace] The Lure of the Lace Book > > The Lure of Lace Books > > I've a bookcase of tomes on the subject > Not sorted, just there to be browsed. > I've folders just bursting with copies > At least they're quite happily housed. > > I've enough lace related work projects > I know I must do 'fore I die. > But whenever I spot something new out > A strange look comes into my eye. > > For that book may have just what I wanted > Like a technique on which I'll rely. > What happens if publishers cull it? > I must have it now, I would cry. > > So out comes the battered old plastic > Thank heavens for credit on line. > To use all the books on my bookshelf > I must live past one hundred and nine! > > Noelene in Cooma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
