Hello All! May I recommend "Lierse kant oud en nieuw" by Greet Rome-Verbeylen?
I purchased this book when I attended a workshop in the Detroit area where she
was one the teachers. The information is presented in four languages & covers
the basics & some fillings. There is a nice explanation/sketch of the hook
motion required to make each stitch & filling drawings show thread paths so it
is very easy to follow. Tambour supplies are available in the US at The
Lacemaker in Cortland, OH where I purchased a 3-hook tambour set, the cotton
tulle & a frame. Usual disclaimers, satisfied customer, etc. etc. I first saw
this lace, up close & personal, in LaBourboule, France where it was worked in
the traditional way--all white. In Greet's class we worked in color & with
metallics so it was a different result altogether & I would certainly recommend
her as a teacher. As to ILL (inter-library loan), I think Lyn was referring to
www.worldcat.org. This is a great place to look fo!
r stuff & I think I've mentioned it before for hard-to-find books. Your local
ILL contact will need the OCLC number, noted near the bottom of the list with
the ISBN. My adventures with the local ILL dept. have been bumpy to say the
least. It's best to have your OCLC number in hand before requesting. That way
you have already looked over ALL the possible listings for the requested book.
If not, the person who is looking may not read beyond the first entry, thereby
denying your request as "not available". NOTE--Multiple listings for the same
book often do not list the same lending sources! My local library rations ILL
to two books per patron because of cost. They informed me that ILL service
costs over $30 per request & that it would be cheaper to buy the books. But
they don't do that either because they are underfunded. Andrew Carnegie
(famous US industrialist & philanthropist who donated money for hundreds of
libraries across the US) must be spinning in his grave.!
I would note that fiction & movie DVDs are in plentiful supply! So
to recap--the books that will be in paperback soon or that you can buy at a
yard sale for $1 are readily available at the library while expensive,
non-fiction, where-you-might-actually-learn-something-type books are scarce as
hens' teeth. Off soapbox now. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA
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