Yesterday I received a lovely card from Mary Robinson in Nebraska.
Thank you.
It's a red and gold star inside a bangle which is stuck onto a printed
card, positioned over a wreath above filled Christmas stockings. The
lace ornament is detachable, so it will added to my growing collection
of lacy Christmas ornaments which all come out again each year. I've
just scanned both the card and the ornament to send to Barbara as
Mary's name wasn't on the list of having sent scans. The card is still
intact, I just slipped white paper underneath the lace for the close-up
scan.
Mary, you say you are a beginner lacemaker, but the lace is well
worked; your tension is good. It's not easy using metallic threads for
BL, especially the wrapped ones. Your comments about going to your
first BL workshop and being able to handle the bobbins before
purchasing them reminded me of my early days of lacemaking (mid '70s).
As a new student I could have whatever bobbins the teacher could get
hold of; sometimes old and often quite mediocre, sometimes very nicely
turned new ones, and sometimes plastic.
Wishing you and yours a very Happy Christmas
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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