I think they made hats. At the Luton Museum, which I visited for lace purposes, there was an awful lot about straw plaiting and the hat industry. In fact, I got the feeling that people might move between lace making and straw plaiting depending on what was "hot". Devon In a message dated 3/13/2013 9:48:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dccoll...@ncable.net.au writes:
Dear Friends, I'm currently doing some family history research for one of us, and find that IF her female relatives were not Lace Makers, then they were Straw Plaiters. Can someone please tell me exactly what they produced? Some of these were as young as 5 and 7 years of age on the censuses!! I'm sure it wasn't all macrame hanging baskets!! David in Ballarat, AUS - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
