I guess I am the last person to read the IOLI Bulletin. I was away for a week when it came and didn't get back to it for a while. And to be very honest, it takes a long time to read the Bulletin these days because it is chock full of stuff. I was sorry to see that Tamara Duvall is no longer to be Bobbin Lace Editor. However, her last column before becoming an "occasional contributor" was a very interesting one. Personally, I rather like the effect produced by diagram 1 a, even though I think it is not Tamara's first choice. Many thanks to Gil Dye who is pursuing the bobbin lace interpretations of reticella like patterns. I had a few Eureka moments as I read her piece on bobbin interpretations of reticella patterns. Congratulations to Kim Davis, as well. Bulletin Editor Cynthia Tiger has prevailed on Kim to write a series of three articles about Larry's lace, a collection that Kim has encountered in California. It is amazes me. when I read this article, to realize how much work has gone into it. It combines historical research into different pieces of lace and how they have materialized in US collections, with analysis of the technique, including the sourcing of hand spun linen! I am quite enthralled with the observation she has made of a toothy edge construction and am now examining every old bobbin lace I see for this toothy edge. Then, Kim has taken the basic idea of the old lace and created a piece of wire lace jewelry from it. I find it very exciting and encouraging to see new talent emerging to fill the Bulletin pages! Devon
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