Hello Carol and everyone Interesting article - I'm wondering, not expecting an answer, would that be lace as we lacemakers know it, or lace as in military braid? The pins could have been used in mending/sewing e.g. uniforms I suppose. Thank you most kindly for sharing the link.
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Carol <[email protected]> wrote: > > "That survey also turned up 20 coins and 605 straight pins that may have > been > used by prisoners to make lace." > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/
