Hi Clay, Yes I do realize these are different laces, but it will keep my brain young to keep learning things. It may take me a few years to get around to any of them, but in the meantime I want to start collecting the books, since they seem to go out of print so fast. Like I just managed to get Dentelle de Normandie, but was told it was her last copy, and is now out of print, the publication date is 2012. I do wish I could attend workshops, but there are none in the area where I live, there may be some in Vancouver, but that is a 6 hour drive from here, and then I have to pay for hotels as well. And to attend any out of the country is virtually impossible, since flights from here are very expensive, and since my husband passed away in December, my pension income has been cut in half (but expenses stay the same), so unless I can find a way to earn some additional funds, which at age 65 becomes difficult, traveling is out of the question. So, I am on my own in learning new things from books and/or dvd's.
*Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC [email protected] threadsnminis.blogspot.ca On 17/07/2015 4:23 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote: > Dear Marianne, > > I am surprised that you have not received more comments, and so will > give you my opinion on this. > > The laces you are attracted to are all beautiful, and are all > definitely different from the point ground laces that are universally > admired and studied. In all honesty, Binche has been explored more > than the others. I would recommend that you attend workshops, as the > techniques are so style-specific. > >> Binche, Mechlin, Valenciennes, Point de Paris etc., are quite >> different. Most are far more complex than point ground laces. They >> share some techniques, and they are different in other respects, such >> as the construction of the ground stitches. But they are all splendid! > > Vera Cockuyt's books are actually quite helpful with regard to > understanding the differences, but they offer limited examples to > explore and study the unique styles. > > I am absorbed in Flanders and Binche, and have been for a number of > years, but am now beginning to explore the other laces! > > Enjoy! These are my favorite laces! > > Clay > Clay Blackwell > Lynchburg, VA, USA > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jul 17, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Marianne Gallant <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Thanks for all the recommendations of where to buy books. >> But I guess I didn't make myself clear enough. The main thing I was >> asking for what which books I should be looking for to learn Binche, >> Mechlin, Valenciennes, Point de Paris etc. Like, are the books by Vera >> Cockuyt any good? I have the book on Valenciennes by Annick Staes, and I >> will see if I can figure any of it out this weekend, but I find it hard >> to get around in the book, since it has 4 languages, so have to page >> through quite a bit to get to the next instructions....I guess maybe >> I'll copy the English pages and put them in a binder, might be easier to >> find my way around. >> >> I am probably going to have to wait a while with buying any books, >> unless I can get them from our one and only Canadian dealer, since our >> dollar has dropped considerably against all currencies, like the Euro >> was worth CAD$1.32 a month ago, now it is over 1.40, and the pound was >> around 1.90, and now is over 2.00 (and 6 months ago it was around >> $1.60). It's the reliance on oil export that is killing our economy >> right now. >> >> But in the meantime I would like to know which books are good for >> learning these laces. I have been burned before with buying books that >> ended up being useless, one of the detriments of not being able to see >> the actual book. >> >> *Marianne* >> >> Marianne Gallant >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> threadsnminis.blogspot.ca <http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca> >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. For >> help, write to >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Photo site: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - 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/
