I have received some suggestions that I hope will help, and wanted to say thanks!
Bucilla was founded in 1867 as "Bernhard Ulmann Company, Incorporated (Lace, Linen, and Accessories)". I was surprised to learn that "Bucilla" was an acronym! And I wonder what, exactly, was meant by "lace". This article http://www.plaidonline.com/articleDetail.asp?entry=article&articleID=102 recounts some of the history. Unfortunately, it does not date my knitting pins. I sent an email to Plaid, the current owner of the Bucilla brand, but my experience has been that any time a company has changed hands as many times as this one (I count six in the article above), the early history gets lost. I did notice one interesting fact. The history given above says: "Bucilla was founded in 1867 by Bernhard Ulmann, a European emigrant who lived in Woodside, New York. Mr. Ulmann originally sold napkins, doilies and handkerchiefs printed with silk-screened embroidery designs from a pushcart on the streets of east New York." Okay, New York, so Bucilla started in the USA, according to this. Tthe black paper envelope my needles came in says "Made in England". So at some point my fine steel knitting pins crossed the Atlantic. (Now I wonder what those doilies were.) Still no date range on the knitting pins! Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com http://lost-arts.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
