The Arachne archive has been an amazing treasure trove of lacemaking
information for me. I was so glad to see that the list is still active. I
subscribed last week and already picked up a few good tips.
I live in Fairview Park, Ohio...a suburb of Cleveland...and have been making
lace since the mid-90's. The first time I saw bobbin lace was at a Crafts
from Around the World fair at the May Company in Cleveland in the mid-70's. A
woman named Deb Hietarinta was demonstrating it. Things didn't work out at
the time to learn (she moved out of state), but almost 20 years later I was
finally able to take lessons. While the kids were growing up lacemaking fell
by the wayside, but 3 years ago I took it up again. It's a testament to my
teacher, Lynn Swedenborg, that I remembered so much.
One of my biggest frustrations in lacemaking is the availability of reasonably
priced books...as in under or around $20. Lace books are printed in short
runs and sell out quickly. When they show up on sites like Alibris, Half.com
or Amazon, they're usually at least 2 to 3 times the cover price. Some are
just plain outrageous...i.e. today, Amazon.com has a copy of Rosemary
Shepherd's INTRODUCTION TO BOBBIN LACE MAKING for $372.33...no, that's not a
typo.
I borrow a lot of out of print books from the IOLI Library, but I feel funny
copying patterns out of them. I don't like to infringe on copyrights, but I
also don't have a lot of money to spend on overpriced second hand books. And
I would like to see the authors get the money for the books, not the second
hand owners.
I wish more of the authors of lace books would consider, once the first run of
the book goes out of print, selling them in either a .pdf format or through
one of the print-on-demand sites like Lulu.com. BTW, Lulu currently has 7
bobbin lace titles available and 19 lacemaking titles.
I look forward to reading the digest every day. Can't wait to read more.
Thanks!
Peg
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G: What is it you want?
D: Freedom...
to want nothing...
to expect nothing...
to depend on nothing.
from THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
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