Dear Arachnes, On Wednesday I went to the International Arts & Crafts Fair in Jerusalem and met a Polish lacemaker. She was selling some of her bobbin lace and tatting. Her English was a bit rough (she spoke no Hebrew) but she figured out that I knew how to make bobbin lace by the way I was explaining it to an English-speaking woman. At one point she asked me to pick up a tatting shuttle and we both tatted together while the other woman at her booth took pictures of us.
Here's her photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/2783769732/ Her name is Anna Krzanik. At the time I didn't think to ask her name or whether she had email, but happily one of my photos of her doily included a tag with her name and email address. If you view the larger versions (click on the magnifying glass icon right above the photo), you can see the wonderful beadwork on her vest (or waistcoat, as the English say) and the cutwork of her white cotton blouse. She works in linen and cotton threads, mostly Russian-style motifs. Her 'travel pillow' looks like a block of styrofoam gift-wrapped in cotton canvas. I bought a couple things at the fair. One was a paper cutting for the equivalent of $5. It's hand-cut with a knife, not laser-cut. http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/2782915969/in/photostream/ I also bought a mola but the photos turned out blurry, so I have to rephotograph it. It was the only hand-stitched piece in the stall, evidently damaged at the edges, so they'd sewn it into a cheap canvas *bag*! There's no way an older, hand-stitched mola can survive that kind of wear, so I'll have to dismantle the bag in order to try framing the mola. Avital - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
