Thanks again! Wow--I found two books, the one with the orange cover & the black & white one with the girls making lace. I've got the ISBN for the orange one & it looks like there are motifs & patterns. The second one seems to be a history book related to the 1902 sardine crisis & how lace making helped support the impoverished population. A few YouTube videos show the technique & it's all in the wrist! If there are other books, please let me know. Thanks for helping the solve the mystery (to me!) of this beautiful lace. I was trying to understand whether it was similar to needle lace or bobbin lace in Normandy but it is neither! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 26, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, we are taking about a different book and different techniques. We only > used crochet cotton and string, no wire. If you put Picot Bigouden into > internet you will see what I am talking about. I will look at the book you > have mentioned. But something else for us both to think about. In the > meantime I will get back to the hairpin crochet. > > Regards > Maureen > > >> On 26 Sep 2015, at 15:11, Susan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks Maureen! Perhaps we are discussing the same book? Dentelle en >> Bretagne by Viviane Helias & Helene Cario, published by coop breizh. When >> you attended the class, did you use wire? It looks like wire & linen cord >> are combined? Another website has some info: guennbretagne.centerblog.net. >> Apparently there was a demo/exhibit this year & an elderly gentleman showed >> how to do the finishing/starching. All very interesting as the lace and/or >> wire must be robust enough to maintain the fanciful shapes. There are also >> references to embroidered segments that are assembled with the lace motifs. >> What did you learn/make in the class? You are very lucky to have attended! >> It's certainly a class I would take if the teacher comes to the US, unless >> my friend drags me to Brittany first. She won't need to pull too hard as >> this is an area of France that I have not seen. Looking forward to learning >> more! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 3:58 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Good morning >>> >>> Picot Bigouden is a crochet lace very much in the style of Irish crochet >>> and was, I think, modelled on it. I have a book on this lace having been >>> to a workshop on it last year. The book is in French but the photos are >>> very clear so you can work the patterns out if you can't speak or read the >>> language... >> >> - >> 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/ - 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/
