I had a similar thing happen to me when a gentleman saw me lacing at our local Fair. He recognized it and said a friend had some lacemaking equipment of her mothers that she wanted to find a home for. I said I was interested and gave him my card to pass on to the friend. She called and we arranged for the exchange. It turned out to be 6 large packing boxes of materials; 10 pillows, over 300 pr of bobbins, a few books and some tatting and needle point materials. What a wonderful exchange both with the gentleman and the daughter. I have shared my good fortune with several friends.
I am also planning to share some of the bobbins with those here on Arachne. When I find out from the postal service how many bobbins I can include in a small packet I will have a raffle. More on that later. Lorri But on the Other hand, one year, at the same venue, an elderly man came along and said "Ah! Lace!! " It turned out he was sent out from Nottingham, England in the 1950s to show a company how to use their new Lacemaking machine, and had stayed here ever since!! It is always so nice when someone who recognises lace and lacemaking, and appreciates it, comes to a demonstration. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
