Hello all Arachne friends, I want to give you a short view of what happens in Spain. Here the lace making "boom" started later than in UK or USA (as I can guess from your messages). Although lace has been made for ages here, in the last decades only old women did it or remembered how to make it. I started making lace around the 90's, and I could buy no books, no patterns... I couldn't even find a teacher. Internet was just starting here in private homes. But now things have changed completely. Almost every town offers lessons of bobbin lace and also lace meetings. In fact, now there are so many lace meetings, that you have to think to which one to go. These lace meetings also bring vendors, and it is our occasion to buy all we can't buy in our local shops: threads, bobbins and pillows, books... I don't know if the vendors are satisfied with how much they sell, I can only give you the opinion of myself as a lace maker. And I like lacedays because I can buy what I need or want. But, on the other hand, I think there are too many lace days. I always choose one or two, the ones I think will be more interesting for me. And I really enjoy them Will this boom perhaps decline soon? I will see.
Greetings to all Antje González, in Guadalajara, Spain http://antje.gonzalez.iespana.es/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
