In a message dated 5/30/06 5:02:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I can remember being told by an interested visitor when I was > demonstrating, that her mother had made Nottingham Lace. She was quite > insistent. Since > I was making bobbin lace I had to accept that she meant the same process (of > course she might have meant tatting!.....) I concluded that either she > worked in a lace factory, or that, coming from Nottingham and making > hand-made > lace, she simply called it that. > > Rosemary in Sussex > Dear Lacemakers, Quoting from my memo to Arachne dated 2/28/03: In 2001, I took an independent travel trip to Nottingham and went to the Lace Market Visitors Center (which may now be closed). There was a lovely lacemaker with whom I chatted, sitting in the window, making bobbin lace. So, there was a physical tie with what was - in the rest of the center - machine lace. Could be misunderstood by anyone passing by, and misconstrued to confirm something a mother or grandmother said in social conversation. It was possible to buy books in this facility. I purchased two copies of a spiral-bound book published by Nottinghamshire Bobbin Lace Society to commemorate their 25th anniversary. This is wonderful documentation of a slice of local lace history. I thought it such a nice idea for a lace society to do, that one copy was dispatched to the New Jersey lace club to which I belong. The book is a fairly thick one, with an introduction by Heather Harris (at the time, and maybe still - an Arachne)... At any rate, the Nottinghamshire Bobbin Lace Society probably still exists, since I just confirmed one of their websites was last updated in December 2005. Go to Google, put in the name of the society, and you'll find several listings. In the past, there was also a listing for Elizabeth Cooke's World of Lace at: www.theworldoflace.com However, I found I could not access it tonight. It said "catch you later" when I tried! This originally had a illustrated story about lace in Nottingham. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
