On Aug 10, 2006, at 20:41, Alice Howell wrote:
--- Carolyn Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
What's a Witch Stitch?
Witch Stitch is a nickname for Spanish Braid Lace.
See Carolina's webpage:
http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/
Which gives me the required prod to ask a question I've been wanting to
ask for the past few days but never seemed to find the time:
How do I contact the Editor of "Lace", Deborah Robinson? I don't have
her current e-address and The Lace Guild doesn't produce the (very
helpful) directory of members, the way IOLI does... Or, perhaps,
someone could forward the following for inclusion in the next
"Lacefully Yours" section?
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The latest issue of Lace (123, July 06), in the "Around the World in
Lace" section, has an article by Mariña Regueiro titled "Hinojosa - an
Unusual Braid Lace From Spain". Before reading the publication "board
to board", I flipped through it and saw the photos on the opposite
page. My eye was caught by the hankie and my first thought was:
"Carolina has an article on the Witch Stitch, in Lace, no less; how
wonderful!" It took closer inspection to confirm the wisdom of the old
saw: "never assume" :)
The name of the author of the article was different. The names of the
lace ("Hinojosa" or "Sevillian Braid lace", according to the article)
are diffferent. But it is still the same lace we're talking about,
honest :) I even pulled out Carolina's first book (I haven't yet got
around to buying the second one) to make sure I remembered a-right (the
same issue of Lace supplied me with a wonderful and absolutely accurate
quote: "I have an extremely good memory but it doesn't last long")...
Yes. Same lace. Same stitches, same dating, same type of "prickings"
(line drawings, with "at your judgement" pin placing)...
The URL given with Ms Reguerio's s-address took me somewhere I couldn't
understand (all in Spanish and no lace in sight), so I don't know if,
for example, she teaches the lace, has a book out on it, etc. But I
thought that the readers of "Lace" who liked the looks of the lace
might be interested in seeing more of it and in making it. Two books of
patterns, designed and executed by Carolina de la Guardia Gallego, can
be seen at:
http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/
They are available in UK via the Roseground Supplies:
http://www.roseground.com/
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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