Dear Friends,
I think you can safely say 'thousands' of lacemakers throughout the world - not 'tens' of thousands, but 'thousands' should cover it. There are about 500 in Canada, by my guesstimate, but let's say a thousand counting anyone who could possibly have tried bobbin lace.
I WOULD say tens of thousands. You have 500 in Canada - there would be many more than that in the whole of Australia. Then think of those many small villages in Spain, France etc. whose lace-makers are not online. No doubt there are hundreds - if not thousands - in places such as India and Thailand as well. Not to mention, of course, our other well known places such as the USA, Sth Africa, Great Britain, Sandinavia, Sth Amercia etc. etc.
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