Try researching needlelace to it's beginning, where a lot of times, in books, it was called all sorts of things, including by the embroidery terms. It gets very confusing. I'll think I'm reading about needlelace, then suddenly realize I've been reading about embroidery of some sort all along!
Branwyn, in warm, sunny Colorado On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Janice Blair <jbl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > My son always refers to my lace friends and as "lace loonies"!! I prefer > to think that it is an affectionate term and that he really admires what we > do. > > Having started doing needle lace I am never sure to use two words or one, > i.e. needlelace. My friend found some books on the subject by Doreen Holmes > on line and she calls it Needlepoint but the designs are needlelace. I > always thought needlepoint was something done on canvass. It sure is > confusing. > Janice > > > > -- Per pale argent and purpure, two phoenixes counterchanged sable and argent each rising from flames proper. "It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength." - May Sarton "Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living."- Albert Einstein "Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
