Jane in Vermont mentioned being taught by Mary Shields. I had a look at her two books on Carrickmacross, and thought they showed a great love of this type of lace. There was a choice of Carrickmacross books to refer to when we were practicing our filling in stitches and Mary's book is the one that actually got through to me. Generally I have great difficulty learning from diagrams but something clicked when i went through her instructions.
A great part of the magic of Carrickmacross, for me, is the filling-in stitches. How ingenious and resourceful to use those little hexagons in so many different ways! Micki - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
