I believe Minnesota was settled by Scandinavians--Swedes? Norwegians? There was a strong Swedish tradition of lace, both Skansk (no pins except along the edges) and torchon-type. I don't know of any Norwegian bobbin lace, just Hardanger (an embroidered lace). The Danes have Tonder lace, a point ground and the Finns, too, have a point ground lace, but I don't think the Minnesotans were from either of those countries.
Since the US was settled by people from a variety of countries, the people brought their native crafts with them. That's part of why we don't have any particular style of craftwork. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Dagmar Machyckova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I was asked yesterday to do a demonstration of lacemaking at a > Heritage Festival next Saturday and since the backgroung of my > lace knowledge is in European history I'd need some help getting > up to speed on the american. > > I'll be in a log cabin with the "original settlers" so I'd need > some kind of information about what was the status of lace in US > early on when the settlers brought it with them from Europe. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
