Hello again, Well, I am a bit surprised of reading all this about how we carry in Spain our pillows. The video we watched was taken in 1958... I suppose these children who went to the school lived just round the corner, and there was no need to carry the pillow in a bag or whatever. But the bobbins were tied to the pillow, they were not loose. The laces on the video are made with many bobbins and with fine thread, perhaps not as fine as for Bucks, but fine anyway. So if the pillow falls, there is a big problem.
Nowadays, when we go to a meeting, we put the pillow in a car or walk a long way... so the natural thing is to tie the bobbins well. As Pam said, we use a wide elastic band, tying the bobbins firm to the pillow (I am speaking of our long vertical pillow). After tieing, some lacers use a self made bag (horizontal or vertical, what ever they like best, or the shopping trolleys as Jenny and Pam said... But again, this something from modern times... 50 years ago lacers made lace for their living and didn't make bags and all that superfluous stuff! They just made lace and carried the pillow without complicating themselves. About carrying the vertical pillow on the hip: it is definitely a very comfortable position. I carry it like that when I don't have my bag. Apart from this, you should come and see the lacers from Spain making lace: they make it as fast as in the video, even if the video is a bit quick because it is not in good conditions. Not only the lacers in Cataluña, but also in Almagro, and in Galicia (the best known lacing areas in Spain)... they have been making lace during all their life and that's how they work. Believe it or not. And also, when taking the bobbins with palms up you can take quiet a few pairs with each hand for making for example a cloth stitch, or any other stitch that has the same movements for a while. And that's all. Hope to have solved some of your doubts. Greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain. 2007/1/24, bevw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi everyone > Inquiring minds would still like to know - do Spanish lacemakers carry the > upright bolsters in anything, ever? > How do they transport their pillows to a lace day for instance? I'm > thinking > of the lace days where 5000 lacemakers are gathered, usually outdoors - of > course in the photos I've seen, there have been many styles of pillow, not > just the upright bolsters in use. > Does one prop the pillow up somehow in the car to go to the day, lift it > out > and walk to the plaza with it tucked on the hip? bobbins held in place by > a > cover cloth perhaps. > > -- > Bev where we are finally seeing some sunshine in Sooke BC and I should > like > to go to a lace day now too...(on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Antje González, Guadalajara, España http://antje.gonzalez.iespana.es/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
