Hi, all, While reading Rebecca Tope's series of mysteries set in the Cotswolds (England), I was interested to see a lace mention:
"She would take things slowly, reading a daily newspaper and listening to the radio. And she would teach herself lacemaking - a secret ambition she had nursed for twenty-five years. Her sister Jocelyn had given her a lace cushion, two dozen bobbins decorated with beads, a book of instructions and several reels of cotton. It was magically tantalizing, in its own cotton bag with large red flowers printed on it, and she was itching to get started." and a bit later: "She set up the lacemaking cushion, but found it much more complicated than expected. Putting it back in the bag, she regretfully decided to abandon it until she could find someone to teach her. OK, I do know this is fiction, but I kept hoping she'd find a teacher or a club to join..." >From Fear in the Cotswolds. Other titles in the series mention other crafts >and there are lots of mentions of sheep and the wool industry for which that >area is well known, but no other lace sightings that I found. JulieO in either Whitehorse, Yukon or Vancouver, B.C. - 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/
