Dear Irish Lacemakers, Mentioned, but not pictured on the BBC site (perhaps because Thelma Goldring did not make any), is Youghal needlelace. Our Arachne newbies should be taught that this particular Irish lace is one of the finest and most labor-intensive of needlelaces ever made and would have been inspired by Venetian needlelaces.
Indeed, Youchal lace was worn by British royalty. I'll single out Queen Mary for a special mention. On the first visit of a Queen of England to India, Queen Mary wore a magnificent Youghal train (attached at the shoulders) over a gown of cloth of gold. The small book by Pat Earnshaw in which this is featured is one of my favorites. Lori (Lacefairy) and I were out on one of our adventures in Maine a few years ago and happened into a shop (now closed) where we each purchased two pieces of Youghal. Lovely round mats - featuring strawberries. Lori's must be on the Lacefairy site. Jeri Ames in Maine USA (Traveling at the moment) Lace & Embroidery Resource Center ------------------- > Subj:[lace] Irish lacemaker > Date:6/24/05 7:30:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To:[email protected] > Sent from the Internet > > Linda Walton wrote: > > while searching for something else entirely, (isn't that just the way?), I > happened on this webpage about Thelma Goldring:- > http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/belfast/A2109629.shtml > > This lady makes all sorts of exquisite Irish lace, and won a Churchill > Fellowship which she used to study connections between Irish and Venetian > lacemaking. There are photos of many different kinds of Irish lace, all made > by > herself. . . (And then there are a couple of comments that one of the pieces > is > mislabelled, and is really tatting - this time, they could be right!) > > =========================================================== > Hi Linda, > > The mixup is worse than that! There are 8 pictures and most of them are > labelled incorrectly. > > Picture 1 is labeled Limerick, a needle run net, but is actually tatting > > Picture 2 is labeled Irish whitework with drawn thread edging - Correct!! > > Picture 3 is labeled Irish Crochet, which it is indeed, but is is the > special Clones lace with the little nubs on the ground. > > Picture 4 is labeled Irish Tatting, which we already know is in Picture 1, > Picture 4 is actually a very nice piece of Renaissance or Battenberg tape > lace > with button holed bars and Brussels stitch fillings (which doesn't have a > label anywhere.) > > Picture 5 is labeled Carrickmacross lace , but is in fact the missing > Limerick lace. > > Picture 6 is labeled Clones lace, which we found back in Picture 3, and is > actually the Carrickmacross lace and quite unusual in that the muslin is > black > instead of the usual white. > > Picture 7 is labeled Carrickmacross lace christening dress, but instead is > whitework with a simple edging of tatted rings. Wise choice. Tatting wears > like iron. Can you imagine putting delicate point ground on a squirmy baby? > Of course the British Royal Family christens their kids dripping in Honiton. > > Picture 8 is not labeled with a technique, but judging from the many stitch > patterns and the rectangular outlines, it is pulled thread work, where the > stitches are pulled to create openings in the fabric without removing any > thread from the foundation fabric. I rejected colored Limerick because the > foundation net is hexagonal and getting all those rectangles to line up would > be > pretty much impossible. > > Did you ever play the board game Clue? After putting everybody where they > belong, I think the butler did it (isn't it always the butler?), in the > conservatory, with a candlestick. > > Patty > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
