I remember that when I first started to learn BL we were taught to prick through one card to make another. You soon learned who not to lend your prickings to!
The black substance Devon referred to would be heelball, which is a mixture of wax and lamp-black (soot!), and used for polishing leather shoes or making rubbings of church brasses - that was a popular hobby in the 70s when I first started BL, and it led to a lot of brasses being damaged by over zealous rubbers. Brenda On 21 Nov 2013, at 21:44, [email protected] wrote: > Surely others recall the pre-blue film days? Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
