My great grandmother taught me to embroider, crochet, knit, sew, etc. as
she thought those were the hallmarks of a "lady" and that's what she
wanted me to be. Unfortunately for her, I was a tomboy instead. By the
time she wanted to teach me to tat I was more interested in climbing
trees so I never learned from her. Later in life when I wanted to learn,
she had been dead for many years.
I got interested in bobbin lace when my DH and I were living in Germany
courtesy of the USAF. We went on an outing to Brussels and in one of the
little lace shops on the square (I don't remember the name) there was a
video playing in the back of the store with someone working at a
pillow. I was quite fascinated and decided I wanted to do that. I got
online and found some supplies and Doris Southard's book but was stumped
for a long time. DH did make me a wonderful roller pillow following the
directions in the book. We filled the base with sawdust and it weighed a
ton. The roller was from old military blankets (wool) wrapped around a
dowel. That poor pillow was destroyed 10 years ago in the Oklahoma City
tornados :(
So far as I know, I'm the only person interested in lace in my family.
So unless I can interest one of my granddaughters this will be a passing
fad in my family.
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Ruth R. in Ohio
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