Even if you don't understand French, please go through this whole film: < http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-13h/les-travaux-d-aiguille-les-dentellieres-de-l-artois-6143696.html > It will look very familiar to all of us! The beginning lacemakers talk about their trials and errors, and the more experienced ones help the new ones. There is even a husband who says that he makes lace twenty=three hours a day (!) and his wife gives him a friendly little pat on the arm. They are mostly working on familiar torchon examples, but they have posted some others which many of us have made.
This is from a daily broadcast where the announcer visits the crafts of France with examples of all sorts of things, like farmers making cheese, raising ducks for the market, building walls, and so on and so on. It comes on every day on French television at the midday news hour and is a favorite of mine. My daughter just happened to catch this one, which I think is really well done. It will be followed by embroidery, knitting, and so on, and I think it is all this week. For the ones among us who speak French, I know you will enjoy this. For the rest, just have a good time joining a typical French lace group at work. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
