I can testify that the island of Pag is renowned for both its excellent cheese and its fine lace, as I was born a little further down the coast in Split, and I still have a small piece given to my mother. The island itself lies just north of Zadar along the northern coast of Dalmatia and is part of Croatia. It is now connected to the mainland by a road bridge. There are several websites: 1. the local tourist board www.pag-tourism.hr 2. the town of Zadar Tourist board www.tzzadar.hr and 3. The County Tourist board www.zadar.hr There are references to lacemaking 'in the alleys of the Pag old town', but I think that Pag lace might be on sale on the market in Zadar or at the Tourist Offices where English will be spoken.
Ruth Bean Carlton, Bedford UK | > 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. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
