Don't worry Jean, one of my students spotted that at the first showing and wrote an indignant post, covering both the ivory/bone issue and this very false idea that a profeesional lacemaker would have either the need or the time to be looking at the spangles.
She got a slightly less condecending reply than you did; maybe by then they'd had several comments and realised that perhaps we knew more than the expert. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]