Whilst I know its out of print, I have on occasions seen it for sale as a second hand pattern by dealers either at lace fairs or on their websites.
If I really wanted to make a particular piece I would be tempted to put a call out to other Lacemakers through different sites asking if anyone would be willing to sell or trade their copy second hand as the laws on second hand books are very different. I was sad to hear that Ruth Bean had died, it does explain the fact that her book list was disappearing from print. There were a number of books that she published on lace that I used to learn and without which I would either not have master a technique or taken much longer to do so. I know that self publishing is wonderful and really anyone can produce a pdf of their work and sell it now but I find it a loss that the main publishing houses no longer publish high quality craft books in the quantities that they did in the 80s Kind Regards Liz Baker > On 3 Jan 2014, at 06:48, "Ruth Budge" <thelacema...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Marianne, Miss Channer's mat has been out of print for some years. The > publisher (Ruth Bean) who commissioned the last version of the pattern died > and her husband has sold the business. - 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/
