Hi Everybody: > "chip carving became so popular in later Victorian times as a "great many" > ladies-of-leisure took it up as a hobby".
> Now there is a thought ... Lace maker ladies carving their own bobbins? > MMMmmmm! I just thought to mention - although many women have no doubt whittled their own bobbins, the reference is to chip carving which is a decoration technique applied to previously-existing wooden surfaces. I think the comment about Victorian ladies chip-carving bobbins probably meant that they were purchasing undecorated bobbins and then apply chip-carving to the bulbs. For chip-carving images, see pictures at: http://books.google.com/books?id=A1KiyRXA_g8C&source=gbs_similarbooks Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
