Thank you Brian for your continuing valuable contribution to lacemaking. I read your list of historical pins and I am astonished to admit that I do not know most of them if not all. Maybe you are limiting your dictionary to just one lacemaking region? Maybe the English speaking area?
For your information: Last year, on the occasion of the German bobbin lacemaking congress in Saarlouis there was a very interesting exhibition of historical pins starting from a couple of hundreds of years ago which was accompanied by a splendid lecture given by the collector, Hannelore Schulte. I think most of the pins had a German origin. It might be a good idea to contact Hanne for further details. Maria Greil a German living in Spain 2016-06-14 6:31 GMT+02:00 Brian Lemin <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > > > > > > > Here is your begging cousin from Oz! > > > > I have decided that creating a dictionary is so much more than having a > good > collection of bobbins and the issue of illustrating the various pins is > causing me difficulty. > > > > I have an historical list of pins used in lace making, I have a few > pictures, but not being a lace maker I am clearly at a disadvantage. > > > > Here is the list I would like to illustrate and define -though the latter, > define- is a little less important. If you can help I would be delighted. > Like I say the key thing to pictures is focus.. If a picture is out of > focus > I cannot do much with it. Most other things I can digitally manipulate. > Good light (flash is acceptable if not enough available light), reasonably > close but not excessively close, reasonable pixels and I will be delighted. > > > > Historical List of pins used by lace makers in the past. > > > > * Beaded Head pin > > * Burr Heads or Sweethearts. > > * Corking pins > > * Detachable heads. > > * Divider pins. > > * Glass Head pins > > * Goose Grass seed heads. > > * Hard head > > * Hariffe pin > > * Head Pin > > * King Pins > > * Lanking > > * Limmicks > > * Long Toms > > * Needle pin > > * Prickers > > * Sealing wax ends > > * Stabbing > > * Stacker pins > > * Strivers > > * Venetian > > * Yellow Pins. > > > > I have Alexandra Stillwell sitting beside me! (I wish.. I mean her > dictionary) and some of the above have slipped through her efficient net!! > > > > If a modern pin is available that is appropriately used/named I can get > away > with that. > > > > Many thanks in anticipation. > > > > Brian > > - > 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/
