On 27 Sep 2005, at 20:33, Jane Bawn wrote:
I remember the lace being extremely expensive. I expect their will be
others who have been more recently who can tell you the best places but
there is plenty to see lace wise and non lace.
The machine made lace is pretty inexpensive, then comes the Chinese
Point de Venise NL and the Asian made BL which commands a better price,
but anything made locally will have a LARGE price tag - if they even
bother to price it! If you need to ask the price you can't afford it!
Having said that, when I was there on a day trip this time last year. I
bought a Cluny BL edged hankie for 8 Euros - about 5.50 GBP which is
about an hours worth of labour in UK. I certainly couldn't have made
it in an hour!
Apart from the hankie, I bought a couple of reels of different threads
in 't Handwerkerhuis in Katelejan Straat (SP?) which is the only shop
that sells bobbins or threads (unless you arrange a visit to Bart &
Francis) and chocolate, went on a canal boat ride and ate a delicious
lunch al-fresco outside one of the many cafes and bars, and got some
wonderful sunset photos as we walked back to the coach.
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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