From: Lorraine Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I hope to leave next Friday for a trip that will take me to Venice, > Dubrovnik, Kotor (Montenegro), Saradne (Albania), Crete (Aghios > Nikolaos), Kusadasi (Turkey), Mykonos, and Athens. >
The island of Pag has a major needlelace school. Pag lace looks rather like Punto in Aria or Reticella--ornate geometric array of bars covered in buttonhole stitches, all done in sewing-thread (okay, a bit thicker, but not much). It's beautiful lace and perhaps they sell it on the mainland. I'm not sure which part of the former Yugoslavia inherited Pag, but I think it was Bosnia/Herzegovina. The island of Burano is part of the Venice-area islands and is famous for its needlelace, too. What I've seen was heavier than the Pag lace, but it was more modern -- figural and colored rather than geometric and white. Really nice, too. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
