I am just back from an amazing week in Malaga - three days teaching at a seminary on a shady balcony overlooking gardens and mountains behind - followed by the lace day on Saturday.
Seven or eight hundred Spanish lacemakers all talking very loudly, with Flamenco band and dancers on a stage in the centre, was a little different to the very subdued-by-comparison English and American ones I have been to. A chance to see a differerent set of suppliers and goods, and watch the Spanish ladies working on all their very different pillows. My spangled English bobbins were the only ones there and my Milanese lace was a source of wonder to them; as far as I could see there was nothing else there being made with fine thread, although there was plenty of fine thread for sale. Having gone with no Spanish at all (so-called friends here assured me that 'everyone' in Spain speaks English but they lie) I now have a good but not widely useful vocabulary for twist, cloth stitch, turning stitch, knot and other words of that type. Not a lot of help, for example, when the taxi back to the airport was late arriving! If any of you ever get the chance to go, grab it with both hands. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
