There is a picture of 'Hamilton Lace' in Palliser 'A History of Lace' in the section 'Lace Manufactures of Scotland' pg. 383 in my edition. I did a blow up of it and began trying to recreate a pricking of it. I really should get back to that again.
Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: Rochelle Sutherland<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lorri Ferguson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [lace]Scottish Lace -Hamilton Lace 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<http://www.houseofhadrian.com.au/> ----- Original Message ---- From: Lorri Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[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<htt p://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<http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan. html> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
