Re: [lace] TV Interview on Lace -NCTV Newington CT
Brilliant, I loved the piece and what a nice change to see something given 30 minutes rather than 5 or so which is definitely not enough.He seemed completely out of his depth for just a few minutes but you got him right in to it and his responses were pretty good. I went into the lace making without any interest in its history 12 years ago, but of course it doesn't take long to find they are all interlinked but I did feel you linked the old and the modern so well. Certainly we have all noticed that over the last couple of years fashion has included lace in many ways again. Sue T Dorset UK Hi all, Good news to share. I landed an interview on our local TV station to talk about Lace - a 30 minute interview. The anticipation was getting to me, I had to send them questions - they wanted five, I sent 15 (thanks to help from lace friends); they wanted five pictures; I sent them 70. I had been giving my talk Lace is Everywhere so much of what I would speak about was done - though I did more. Please take a moment to watch the show the lace interview begins at about 32.15 into the clip. I hope we can get the numbers on the hits of 'views' as I would like to begin to tape more shows for our lace community. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Footside
Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. âWhich laces have the footside on the left and which on the right?â As far as I know only the English laces Bucks Point and Bedfordshire have the footside on the left. Even the English Downton has it on the right. Does anyone know of any other laces with it on the right? As for why I have several ideas. 1) Someone with little experience or who had not made it for some time introduces lacemaking in England. 2) The person introducing the lace wanted to put her âstampâ on it. 3) The person who introduced the lace worked it out how it was made by examining the lace. Any information, comments and discussion is going to be very interesting. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] Footside
Help needed please. So many messages from Arachne seem to become truncated and appear to lose a large chunk of the original message as per the following one from Alex. Has this happened to anyone else and if so has anyone found a solution please? Fran -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Alex Stillwell Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2014 6:37 PM To: Arachne questions Subject: [lace] Footside Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. b - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] TV Interview on Lace -NCTV Newington CT
An interesting interview. Love all the coloured Milanese.Well done. Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] Footside
Hi I have the same problem and if I want t read the whole message I now view it on my Iphone. Don't know why it is happening, sorry. Corinne Brighton UK -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of mouracreek Sent: 23 April 2014 10:05 To: 'Arachne questions' Subject: RE: [lace] Footside Help needed please. So many messages from Arachne seem to become truncated and appear to lose a large chunk of the original message as per the following one from Alex. Has this happened to anyone else and if so has anyone found a solution please? Fran -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Alex Stillwell Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2014 6:37 PM To: Arachne questions Subject: [lace] Footside Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. b - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside
Hi Alex and fellow Arachnids, As far as footsides are concerned, they can be worked on either side. I have always learned that traditionally English laces are worked with the footside (straight side) on the right and continental laces with the footside on the left. Joepie, East Sussex, UK -Original Message- From: Alex Stillwell Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. ‘Which laces have the footside on the left and which on the right?’ As far as I know only the English laces Bucks Point and Bedfordshire have the footside on the left. Even the English Downton has it on the right. Does anyone know of any other laces with it on the right? Any information, comments and discussion is going to be very interesting. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside
I could read it completely, as always. Antje González, in Spain. ww.vueltaycruz.es https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside
Yes I have this problem on the main computer but not the iPad. Regards Maureen E Yorks UK Help needed please. So many messages from Arachne seem to become truncated and appear to lose a large chunk of the original message as per the following one from Alex. Has this happened to anyone else and if so has anyone found a solution please? To: Arachne questions Subject: [lace] Footside Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. b - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside
Perhaps it has something to do with the encoding characters or the language keyboard. I can read all the mail but some characters appear changed... Carolina de la Guardia El 23/04/2014 10:36, Alex Stillwell escribió: Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. ‘Which laces have the footside on the left and which on the right?’ As far as I know only the English laces Bucks Point and Bedfordshire have the footside on the left. Even the English Downton has it on the right. Does anyone know of any other laces with it on the right? As for why I have several ideas. 1) Someone with little experience or who had not made it for some time introduces lacemaking in England. 2) The person introducing the lace wanted to put her ‘stamp’ on it. 3) The person who introduced the lace worked it out how it was made by examining the lace. Any information, comments and discussion is going to be very interesting. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside on left
I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while everyone else drives on the right. But, I don't know what that reason is. Devon In a message dated 4/23/2014 4:37:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, alexstillw...@talktalk.net writes: Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. ââ¬ËWhich laces have the footside on the left and which on the right?ââ¬â¢ As far as I know only the English laces Bucks Point and Bedfordshire have the footside on the left. Even the English Downton has it on the right. Does anyone know of any other laces with it on the right? As for why I have several ideas. 1) Someone with little experience or who had not made it for some time introduces lacemaking in England. 2) The person introducing the lace wanted to put her ââ¬Ëstampââ¬â¢ on it. 3) The person who introduced the lace worked it out how it was made by examining the lace. Any information, comments and discussion is going to be very interesting. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside
Where did the original Bucks and Beds lacemakers learn? If it was from Flemish fleeing the Inquisition, or Huguenots escaping French persecution, might they change the location of the footside to differentiate English lace from the lace they made back home? Although that doesn't play out, because Sweden's lace was begun by Flemish, and the footside is on the left. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where the sun shines, the wind is blowing and the temperatures are colder than they should be at this time of year. But at least the sun is shining and the Bradford Pear trees are all in bloom. Alex wrote: I have been asked a question. ˜Which laces have the footside on the left and which on the right? As far as I know only the English laces Bucks Point and Bedfordshire have the footside on the left. Even the English Downton has it on the right. Does anyone know of any other laces with it on the right? As for why I have several ideas. 1) Someone with little experience or who had not made it for some time introduces lacemaking in England. 2) The person introducing the lace wanted to put her ˜stamp on it. 3) The person who introduced the lace worked it out how it was made by examining the lace. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside on left
England isn't the only country that drives on the left. Â Japan is another place, and Malta as well as the US Virgin Islands and there are others. Jill Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2 Original message From: dmt11h...@aol.com Date:23/04/2014 13:23 (GMT+00:00) To: alexstillw...@talktalk.net, lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Footside on left I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while everyone else drives on the right. But, I don't know what that reason is. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside on left
_j...@myhawkins.co.uk_ (mailto:j...@myhawkins.co.uk) writes: England isn't the only country that drives on the left. Japan is another place, and Malta as well as the US Virgin Islands and there are others. Where are the footsides of the laces of these countries? Interestingly, Lyn says that the Swedish footside was on the left. Sweden only switched to right hand driving in 1967. One might speculate about Island Effect, which results in animals becoming smaller, for instance, so why not lace with the footside on the left? (Doesn't account for Sweden, though.) Of course, Malta was once part of the United Kingdom, which explains why they drive on the left. The US Virgin Islands were originally Danish territory, but I can't find any indication that the Danes drove on the left. Perhaps, the US Virgin Islands are trying to be consistent with the British Virgin Islands that are nearby. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside on left
From a bit of European travel, i believe the only country that drives on the right consistently is US and possessions of the US. Hugs, Lin and the Mali âIf you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.â Colin Powell On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:19 AM, Jill j...@myhawkins.co.uk wrote: England isn't the only country that drives on the left. Japan is another place, and Malta as well as the US Virgin Islands and there are others. Jill Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2 Original message From: dmt11h...@aol.com Date:23/04/2014 13:23 (GMT+00:00) To: alexstillw...@talktalk.net, lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Footside on left I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while everyone else drives on the right. But, I don't know what that reason is. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside on left
Actually the entire UK - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - not just England, drives on the left. The reason goes back before the time of automated transport to the days of horseback travel - and highwaymen and footpads. Supposedly riding on the left allowed the right arm, the sword arm, to be free for defence. Definitely not the reason for having the footside on the left. Australia is another country which drives on the left. Patricia in Wales I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while everyone else drives on the right. But, I don't know what that reason is. Devon In a message dated 4/23/2014 4:37:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, alexstillw...@talktalk.net writes: Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. �������Which laces have the footside on the left and which on the right?�������� As far as I know only the English laces Bucks Point and Bedfordshire have the footside on the left. Even the English Downton has it on the right. Does anyone know of any other laces with it on the right? As for why I have several ideas. 1) Someone with little experience or who had not made it for some time introduces lacemaking in England. 2) The person introducing the lace wanted to put her �������stamp�������� on it. 3) The person who introduced the lace worked it out how it was made by examining the lace. Any information, comments and discussion is going to be very interesting. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside on left
I remember having a discussion about this when I first started making lace and someone suggested that somebody simply put the pricking on the pillow upside down because they weren't all nicely marked as they are now? Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] account hacked
Hi all, I thought that the virus had not affected people on the Arachne list, because the mail account hacked is not the same to this that I am using for writing to the list, however...it is also AOL server, so Jeri Ames has just contacted me to tell me that she has received a lot of mails from carolgall...@aol.com with spam. I am sorry for this, I have changed my password and I hope it will be enough to stop it. In the meantime, please forgot and throw to trash all the stuff from carolgall...@aol.com Thanks. Carolina de la Guardia www.carolgallego.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside
I don't know whether there are other laces with the footside on the right, but here's another possible reason - what if they copied patterns by rubbing on the 'wrong' side? Then they'd have to turn the rubbed pattern over to work it, which would flip the footside. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) On 2014-04-23, at 1:36 AM, Alex Stillwell wrote: Hi Arachnids I have been asked a question. ‘Which laces have the footside on the left and which on the right?’ As far as I know only the English laces Bucks Point and Bedfordshire have the footside on the left. Even the English Downton has it on the right. Does anyone know of any other laces with it on the right? As for why I have several ideas. 1) Someone with little experience or who had not made it for some time introduces lacemaking in England. 2) The person introducing the lace wanted to put her ‘stamp’ on it. 3) The person who introduced the lace worked it out how it was made by examining the lace. Any information, comments and discussion is going to be very interesting. Happy lacemaking - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside on left
Are you assuming a single point of introduction, during which a mistake was made? I would assume there were many points of introduction and contact, but one country, or possibly several, regularized to left footside while most regularized to right footside. Also, I would have to disagree with Lin. I don't think it is only the US and it's possessions that drive consistently on the right. Europe drives on the right. According to Wikipedia 65% of the world drives on the right. A better generalization would be to relate former British colonial status to left driving, although Japan doesn't fit that model. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Footside
Although many of the history books quote Mrs Bury Palliser in her theory that the Huguenots and Flemish introduced lace into England, the dates don't tie up - see the primary evidence in books like the late Dr John Yallop's History of the Honiton Lace Industry, and there is also evidence to suggest this in J R Planché's book A History of British Costume (published in 1836, so pre-dating Mrs Bury Palliser). The theory put forward by Dr Yallop was that lace was brought into England by merchants travelling by sea from Milan, the English ports being on the way to the low countries via the English Channel. This seems entirely reasonable. Some of the refugees did come to live here, but no doubt added their knowledge to that of the existing workers, rather than introducing it. As the lace described in Planché's book, worn by Henry VIII and his court, consisted of bands of gold lace appliquéd onto a (usually) velvet doublet, and various portraits show it to be placed along seam lines, I would suspect that the early laces were insertions rather than edgings, so would have footsides along both edges. Which edge became the predominant footside was probably then down to either the designers (who I think could well have been predominantly male) or the teachers - and could have depended on whether they were left or right handed. I suspect that one of the reasons left handed children up to our generation were made to use their right hand is down to superstition, fear of witchcraft, etc., and as a right handed person I've always found it easier to work with the footside on the right. When I was teaching, I gave my students the option after working insertions, to choose which was more comfortable to them - and most chose the right. Why it should be different in other countries possibly also depends on their culture. The main theory put forward was that prickings were copied by rubbing over the back with a heel ball, which of course would reverse the pattern if then pricked directly from the rubbing. In message 801F04D4C69442CAB9D946502BB778A0@Cecily, Lyn Bailey lynrbai...@desupernet.net writes Where did the original Bucks and Beds lacemakers learn? If it was from Flemish fleeing the Inquisition, or Huguenots escaping French persecution, might they change the location of the footside to differentiate English lace from the lace they made back home? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside
I am not sure that I buy the heel ball theory, because wouldn't that result in the footside switching every single time the pattern was copied? In that case, wouldn't every country make lace with footsides on the right and left interchangeably? I think the fact that they were copying with heel ball, which might result in reversal, and yet the footside was always on the left indicates a conscious decision to always put the footside on the left. I am inclined to agree with Jane that right handedness has a lot to do with the general preference for right handed footsides. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside
I was thinking that the *first* pattern somebody had was copied via rubbing from someone else's pattern, which can be done in a comparatively short time. Once the lacemaker is at home with their rubbed pattern, they can make subsequent patterns by the more accurate but more time-consuming process of pricking through the rubbed pattern. Sending a rubbed pattern would also be something a non-lacemaker could do for a friend, back in the days when most people didn't travel. Adele On 2014-04-23, at 9:05 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: I am not sure that I buy the heel ball theory, because wouldn't that result in the footside switching every single time the pattern was copied? In that case, wouldn't every country make lace with footsides on the right and left interchangeably? I think the fact that they were copying with heel ball, which might result in reversal, and yet the footside was always on the left indicates a conscious decision to always put the footside on the left. I am inclined to agree with Jane that right handedness has a lot to do with the general preference for right handed footsides. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] footside
Hi Arachnids Thank you for your interesting answers regarding footside but they are aimed at possible reasons for the right as opposed to left. I will rephrase my original question. Has lace ever been made with the footside on the right in any countries apart from England? Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] lace program in Connecticut
Congratulations Patty! Good job. Thanks for sharing. Loved the Louise Colgan moments! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FLA, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] footside
How about Ipswich lace in the US? Or does that not count since it probably came over from England? From: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net To: Arachne questions lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:20 PM Subject: [lace] footside Has lace ever been made with the footside on the right in any countries apart from England? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] lace in Lake Park, FL artifacts from Venezuela?
Hello All! Over the last several seasons, I've shopped for art supplies at a locally owned shop in Lake Park, FL. The gal who manages the place is an embroiderer lace admirer. Needless to say, we've hit if off! She's been to Bruges where she purchased finished lace some bobbins for future use. The Lace Room at Flagler Museum also piqued her interest. So today I took pillows bobbins to Lake Park to give her some ideas--Springett snake, wire lace Skansk on a roller. Nothing white or Torchon! It was a great way to show that lace can be many things it can utilize diverse materials. She asked one of the employees to join us (!!) so both Alexis Gianna made a few rows of cloth stitch on the snake. I left her with a few spare bobbins web info for supplies so hope she will have fun this summer. Luckily, the Palm Beach County library system has a few beginning lace books in their collection. She couldn't find her bobbins from Bruges but did bring in some item! s she received as a gift from an elderly friend. She believes they are from Venezuela. I will upload a pic to Flickr as soon as I figure out why I'm getting the invalid password error code. They are turned wood but I don't see how they could be considered bobbins as they seem more like awls but not quite pointy enough. Hope an expert will identify them! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] photo of Venezuela item uploaded
Thank you Sue Babbs! Senior moment in South Florida regarding password Flickr. So what are these wood thingies??? Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] photo of Venezuela item uploaded
Hello all, I'm Venezuelan and have never seen such things before. They may be awls or --a very big if, if the tips were pointy and thin enough-- stylus used by blind people to write in Braille. Given that the tips are made of wood, I'm leaning to awls. The thing would be to find what craft using awls is gaining enough popularity to merit turning them in numbers... Cheers, Debora Lustgarten Toronto, Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
re [lace] footside - Ipswich
The Ipswich laces from the late 1700's in the US have the footside on the left , like Downton or Continental laces. The pillow was a large bolster pillow. At this point it is unknown who the first lace teacher was in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Many of the immigrants came from various places in England, but maybe not the original teacher? -Karen in Washington, DC, USA From: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [lace] footside How about Ipswich lace in the US? Or does that not count since it probably came over from England? - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Footside
I always understood that it was thought the difference came about due to the English worker watching someone work while they, - the watcher, - was standing in front of the pillow - so of course, the footside would look like it was on the opposite side to what it really was. Think about when we are demonstrating - the public see us from the front of the pillow, not from 'our' side, - so everything would look reversed. I get my digest form of the list Ok - all the messages are in full. I have had one strange message - and I see it is here in this digest -#61. from needlelace @ AOL... It just says Hi, how are you, and below - People say it works and a web link. I have Not opened it - I also got it privately, - off list. Not sure what it is about, so have left it well alone. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Footside on left
Australians and New Zealanders also drive on the left. Ann Blunden in Brisbane Australia On 23/04/2014 11:19 PM, Jill wrote: England isn't the only country that drives on the left. Â Japan is another place, and Malta as well as the US Virgin Islands and there are others. Jill Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2 Original message From: dmt11h...@aol.com Date:23/04/2014 13:23 (GMT+00:00) To: alexstillw...@talktalk.net, lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Footside on left I think it is the same reason why the English drive on the left, while everyone else drives on the right. But, I don't know what that reason is. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
