Many years ago, when my youngest daughter wanted to learn to make lace,
I used to sit and whittle 4mm wooden canes to make her bobbins. I even
used to carve patterns along the body using a Stanley Knife (a make of
craft knife in the UK).
One of the woodwork teachers taught me how to use a lathe, but it
wouldn't take this thin wood. In the end I made over 200 hundred in
the lunch hour in the school I worked in. She is now 40+ with 2
daughters who also laced.
Two years ago she came with us to the Lace Guild stand at the Knitting
and Stitches Show in London. She was amazed at how quickly it came
back, when she helped people try the snake, altho' she hadn't laced for
years. Shows that a skill like ours maybe forgotten but never lost.
Sheila in Sawbo where the sun is shining and the rain hasn't really wet
the soil.
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