Pitsligo I have heard of and am trying to track down now that I've been
reminded of it. The search I just did on Hamilton hasn't turned up any
pictures, but it has revealed that the Hamilton lace was popular and that
commoners and ladies alike made it. That died out, as things seem to, only to
be replaced by a sort of ' tambour bobbinette' that surged to popluarity and
was everywhere for a few years. If anyone can shed any light on that type of
lace, I would like to know more about it too. That's potentially three
Scottish laces, besides the Aryshire work and lace knitting.
Thanks one and
all.
---
Rochelle Sutherland
&
Lachlan (8 yrs), Duncan (7 yrs) and Iain (6
yrs)
www.houseofhadrian.com.au
----- Original Message ----
From: Lorri
Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 5 February, 2007 2:25:18 PM
Subject: Re:
[lace]Scottish Lace -Hamilton Lace
About 4 yrs. ago I did a search for
Scottish lace info when I was asked by the local Scottish Games people to
demonstrate at the games. There was not much to be found, although a
University in Mississippi has some books on Scottish hand crafts.
Hamilton
Lace seems to be named for the Duchess of Hamilton who organized a charitable
school in the 18th C. (see Dictionary of Lace by Earnshaw). There was also a
small 'home lace industry' in New Pitsligo. The only patterns or pictures I
have seen are defiantly Torchon style and quite course and very open.
Earnshaw states: "Scottish Lace There were no commercial centres for
lacemaking in Scotland, and lace does not even appear to have been worn in any
quantity. There are references in the sixteenth centruy only to pearling, to
'cuttit out work' and to lacis as made by Mary Queen of Scots during her long
imprisonment."
"The cobwebby knitted laces of the Shetland marriage shawls can
be traced back to the 1840s" and "Scotland was noted for its beautiful
Ayrshire work."
I would still be interested in any further information
on Scottish laces. There is a web site (a newspaper I think) with an article
about New Pitsligo lace-making.
see
http://www.buchanie.co.uk/archived/2004/Week_45/village/lace-making.asp
There
is also a booklet "Lace-making in Hamilton" by Jessie H Lochhead, M.A.,
published by? 'Hamilton Public Libraries and Museum Committee 1971' The copy
I got on inter-library loan came from the Univ. of Chicago Library.
The
Canadian Lacemaker Gazette Vol. 13 No 3 had an article on New Pitsligo Lace by
Sandi Milliken with a pricking of the pattern "Bird's Eye" with a diagram by
Bev Walker. Margaret Merner was kind enough to send me a copy at the time I
ask here on Arachne about Scottish laces. In 2004, I was told Sandi had
taught a class on the New Pitsligo lace at IOLI in the mid 1990s, had planned
to write a book about it but became ill and died in 2002. In 1993, Sandi and
Trish Fisher (WV) had made a trip to New Pitsligo, staying 2 weeks with a
local lacemaker/teacher. Trish states "New Pitsligo lace IS much like Torchon
but has it's own special rules and quirks."
Lorri
Graham, WA USA
___________________________________________________________
Web email has
come of age. Don't settle for less than the All New Yahoo! Mail
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
-
To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:
unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
