Dianna, the two emails were from a lacemaker in South Africa. His statement was that there are many old prickings out there that are traditional designs and it is impossible to know who designed them. So it is OK to share the old things. In addition, I submit that when you find these old prickings, they do not have a diagram or any sort of instruction with them, so unless you are very clever or the pattern is very simple, it will be difficult to make lace from them. If you *are* very clever and create your own diagram, you have created an adaptation to an old pattern, and may publish/share/sell to your heart's content. In fact, many of the patterns in books today have been reconstructed from old prickings or more likely from pictures of old lace.
Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA Sent from my iPad > On Jul 23, 2015, at 2:30 AM, Diana Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Nancy > > I don't think the two emails which appeared on Arachne Lace were from the eBay > seller but I may be wrong. They were from South Africa the seller is in > Norfolk GB. > > - 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/
