---------- Forwarded Message ---------- >>>> I've met dozens of people when I've been demonstrating >> bobbin lace whose grannies did tatting "just like you're doing. > > Evidently a universal problem:<<
I agree. While demonstrating my bobbin lace at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, I will inevitably be asked if I'm tatting. Thankfully, an Elizbethan would have no understanding of the craft of tatting, since it has about (I think) another near 150 years to be "invented". In character, I get rather offended and reply that I "had just made this lace and it hath not the time and wear to become tatty.". Usually then the person asking the question apologises and then explains what tatting is and I say that I have never heard of it, it must be from the continent and what I am doing is called bobbin lace. If someone has the approximate date and place that tatting appeared in the threadcraft universe, can you let me know? Not that I will divulge it to my mistaken patrons (I cannot have foreknowledge of events to come...performance guilde rules) but for my own arsenal of information. Robin - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
