[lace] Childrens contest?
Hello, I am usually a mostly silent reader of Arachne, but I hope for some help. My collegue and I offer (in Germany) an annual lacemaking contest for children since 26 years and we would like to know if there are similar contests in other countries. Can you just give me a hint? Thank you very much, Gabriele Die Klöppelkiste Wasserschloà Klaffenbach, Chemnitz, Germany  - 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] Re: [lace] Re: Chemical lace
Let me add something. The handmade part of it is this: they can only make relative small pattern on these machines and to get bigger table clothes or curtains they seam up smaller pieces with a sewing machine. In Germany it is known as Plauener Spitze - lace from Plauen, a town in the Vogtland, that claims to be the inventor of this technique. In Swizerland - which also claims to have invented the technique - it is called Guipure. Gabriele Chemnitz -Original Message- Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 18:06:44 +0100 Subject: [lace] Re: Chemical lace From: Ilske Thomsen ilske.l.thom...@t-online.de To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sue, I can't tell you how those Irish Lace you asked is done but I can explane how the Atzspitze as a similar lace from Germany (Erzgebirge) is made. There are big machines in a technique like our sawing machines wich embroider. In former time they were able to imitate nearly every fine lace technique but in embroidering. How do they work, on a fabric, f. e. silk, they embroider with cotton thread the lace. The fabric is taken away bei atzen - corroded and the embroidered lace is finish. I found the expression - lace by discharge agent, burnt-out lace - perhaps this helps. I must ask Lorelei if I gave her the picture of my Atzspitzen collar, than I can show you an example. Ilske - 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/
[lace] Re: [lace] Will men wear skirts and lace?
They hopefully don't wear this hairstyle. ;)) Gabriele Chemnitz Germany Von: pene piip p...@eggo.org An: Arachne Arachne lace@arachne.com Betreff: [lace] Will men wear skirts and lace? Datum: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:43:28 +0200 This was asked in an article I found on the BBC News website today: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130624-will-men-wear-skirts-and-lace [1] I like seeing men wear kilts, if women can wear pants, I can't see why men couldn't wear skirts if they want to. :-) Penelope back in Tartu, after a trip to Dresden with 9 other Estonian lacemakers. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com [2] containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here [3]. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com [4]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ [5] Links: -- [1] ?ctl=derefereramp;to=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5iYmMuY29tL2N1bHR1cmUvc3RvcnkvMjAxMzA2MjQtd2lsbC1tZW4td2Vhci1za2lydHMtYW5kLWxhY2U%3D [2] javascript:void(0) [3] javascript:void(0) [4] javascript:void(0) [5] ?ctl=derefereramp;to=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5mbGlja3IuY29tL3Bob3Rvcy9sYWNlbWFrZXIvc2V0cy8%3D - 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] Re: [lace] books vs kindle
Just a question on this thread because I wonder: Is Kindle a synonymous for any eBook reader or do you all really use Kindle? I myself decided for a Sony (mainly for junk food books). Gabriele, chemnitz, Germany Von: Isabel Wear isabel.w...@shaw.ca An: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com, Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk Cc: Lace lace@arachne.com Betreff: Re: [lace] books vs kindle Datum: Sun, 19 May 2013 21:15:03 +0200 Frame it. Isabel Wear Realtor Sutton Group - West Coast 7547 Cambie St. Vancouver, BC V6P 3H6 Mobile: 604-377-3475 E-mail: isabel.w...@shaw.ca [1] -Original Message- From: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com [2] Sender: owner-l...@arachne.com [3] Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:48 To: Jean Nathanj...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk [4] Reply-To: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com [5] Cc: Lacelace@arachne.com [6] Subject: Re: [lace] books vs kindle LOL...I put mine in a drawer 0:-) On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk [7] wrote: You've all left out the most important problem of owning an e-reader - where do you put your lace book mark? I've seen knitted e-reader covers, should think of one made of lace! -- Bev surrounded by a lot of paper diagrams, working on patchwork lace in Shirley BC, near Sooke on a fine Victoria Day weekend, Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com [8] containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here [9]. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com [10]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ [11] - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com [12] containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here [13]. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com [14]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ [15] Links: -- [1] javascript:void(0) [2] javascript:void(0) [3] javascript:void(0) [4] javascript:void(0) [5] javascript:void(0) [6] javascript:void(0) [7] javascript:void(0) [8] javascript:void(0) [9] javascript:void(0) [10] javascript:void(0) [11] ?ctl=derefereramp;to=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5mbGlja3IuY29tL3Bob3Rvcy9sYWNlbWFrZXIvc2V0cy8%3D [12] javascript:void(0) [13] javascript:void(0) [14] javascript:void(0) [15] ?ctl=derefereramp;to=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5mbGlja3IuY29tL3Bob3Rvcy9sYWNlbWFrZXIvc2V0cy8%3D - 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] Re: [lace] information about Spanier Arbeit
Sorry, I did not have time to read the whole thread. Just to mention: In 2002 we had an exhibition in the 'Schlossbergmuseum Chemnitz' (Saxonia, Germany): Schätze des jüdischen Galizien (Treausres of Jewish Galicia), with exhibits from L'viv (Ukraine). It was a pleasure to see lots of collars with Spanier arbeit and a stool where this was worked with. It is now in the Jewish Museum of Ethnography and aplied arts in L'viv. Gabriele -Original Message- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:58:28 +0200 Subject: Re: Fw: Re: [lace] information about Spanier Arbeit From: dmt11h...@aol.com To: lynrbai...@desupernet.net, lace@arachne.com Lyn writes: Devon, are you home, and can you give information on this aspect of lace in New York? Ah, Spanier Arbeit, I know it well. At least I wish I did, because as Ita Aber, whom I have known for 40 years, says in her article, the construction of it is something of a secret. I even have the DVD that the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework produced about it, which I highly recommend. Ita Aber is the authority on this as far as I am concerned and her article sums up all I know about it, and more. I would say that not a year goes by that someone doesn't inquire about it at the museum. Some of it looks like bobbin lace done in metallic thread. But other examples I am unable to relate to bobbin lace. The Jewish Museum in Prague has quite a collection, and perhaps some time spent searching their on-line collection would be fruitful to those who want to know what it looks like. Unfortunately the name has many alternative spellings which makes it hard. The Jewish Museum in Prague has also published a catalogue with photos in it. I think that the OIDFA conference in Prague was able to see it, as an attendee was kind enough to send me the catalogue. I feel certain that the Jewish Museum in New York has some and probably also the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. There does appear to be a set up of the gorm on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem which Ita had filmed in action. the thread hangs on spools that are suspended from a bar over the work, making it sort of the reverse of a typically lace pillow. I imagine that there is a reason for this relating to the properties of metal thread. It is difficult to fully understand how it is done, partially because those who can do it don't want it to be filmed due to considerations of secrets of the trade. Ita clearly would like to see the craft perpetuated and to see contemporary work done in it. 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/
[lace] Re: [lace] Demise of suppliers - young lace makers
We are lucky to have a bit different situation in this part of Germany (Eastern Germany, former GDR). Here is a long tradition of professional lace making. Lace making was an offically recognized craft. Lace teacher were paid by the state and gave lessons not only in schools, but as well in clubs nearly for free. So young people had a good chance to learn lace making. Now, this was finished in 1989 - no schooling at the university, no apprentice training, because they could no longer earn money by making lace. Bu the tradition is still alive. Many parents want their children learn making lace and in nearly every household you find a pillow and a grandma or aunt, who can show it to children. So we have clubs and after school workshops also for children. This is a very special situation and we see, that we are losing the next generation against TV, computer and higher requirements of school. What we did as a local supplier, 15 years ago, was to install a childrens lace contest. They get a theme every year and are asked to make their own pattern. Most of them have a teacher who helps them working it. We have defined four groups: 7 to 10, 11 to 14, 15 to 18 years + group work. Every child gets a memory bobbin with inscription, a document and the first ten of every group a price (from money to voucher). We have a jury of three experienced teacher (teaching lace making and children). There are nearly 100 children taking part every year (not only from our area, but also from Western Germany, Spain, Belgium, Russia) and the prize award ceremony is a big thing, because all parents, siblings, friends are taking part. The works are exhibited in december, some of them are going to another place. All of his is very stressfull for us and nothing we can actually earn money with, but we believe it is an investment in the future. And it is great to see these children grow and develop their skills in the course of years. As I said, it is a sprecial situation and better than in many other countries, but I believe it is important to give children a chance and to encourage them. Gabriele http://www.kloeppelkiste.de - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit
Not to be misunderstood: The 500 swiss francs were only ment for the material, not the work. This woman earned about 3000 franc for her work - in the 80th !!! It was much money than and would be more today, but despite of the money and despite of the time she took to make it, she was not able to fulfill all wishes. The article says that people wanted to marry in traditional clothes, they had to wait about a year or so till the cap was made. Even today I don't think money is the problem - there are always people who are willing and able to spend much money for things the really want to get - but find them. Silver: yes, it was used - not so much in these caps, but for church lace and we got many pieces from L'viv. About Klosterarbeiten: You can see that it is a special (only) catholic tradition. It has many and different techniques, not only to do with lace, but also making little Baby Jesus of wax, forming flowers, sewing clothes and so on - many complicated things. I don't have anything to do with it, but I believe, besides beeing a tradition (mostly in southern Germany and Austria - catholic countries), it is a way to show and practise very different talents. A friend of mine started it out of curiosity, although we agreed, actually it is Kitsch and as not beeing catholic not relating to it. Gabriele -Original Message- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:39:33 +0100 Subject: Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit From: Avital spind...@gmail.com To: lace@arachne.com Gabriele, IF he calls, you should let him know what Mrs Selb tells about making traditional hats: it took about 350 + x hours for a traditional cap. May be this is a bigger piece of lace - there is still the question of getting the material, learning how to do it, coming to a skill that allows you to sell your work (I know what I am talking about) and finding peaople willing to pay for all this. If I remember correctly, Mrs Selb wrote the material for a cap was about 500 swiss francs in the 1980th - I think she talks about gold wire and not brass. I think the area of lace is similar, although a tallit collar would be much more dense. The traditional hats are very airy and lace-like. The traditional Spanier arbeit collars are so dense that they're described as scale-like. If Arthur has to pay a worker the equivalent of 500 Swiss francs, he's not going to make much profit. Just out of curiosity, is silver ever used? Or just gold and brass? flat metal wire - I don't know the english term for it) is usually used for church lace and what is called Klosterarbeiten - difficult to explain, see the google-fotos: http://www.google.de/images?q=Klosterarbeitenoe=utf-8rls=org.mozilla:de:officialclient=firefox-aum=1ie=UTF-8source=univei=OplaTerxII3ysgb_i6WVBgsa=Xoi=image_result_groupct=titleresnum=1ved=0CEMQsAQwAA I had never heard of Klosterarbeiten before and it was difficult to see what the technique was. I found this blog posting and am posting it for everyone else's benefit. Klosterarbeiten seems to be a combination of gold wirework and embroidery. http://marthajeanne.blogspot.com/2009/01/klosterarbeiten.html It's always interesting to hear about different crafts! Avital -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit
Seeing the bobbins she uses and that she holds the threads and not the bobbins, I believe she makes some kind of braiding or Macaramee. Gabriele -Original Message- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:01:50 +0100 Subject: [lace] Spanier arbeit From: Laurie Waters To: I wonder if this stamp is at all connected with Spanier Arbeit. I haven't been able to find any information whatsoever on the work depicted - and the veiled woman is also quite a shock. I do know that the threads are gold and silver, and the work is meant to decorate men's costume. It was produced by the United Arab Emirates in 1999 http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,110653875,var,UAE-1999-MNH-Set-Crafts-Handicrafts,language,E.html look at the stamp at the left. Maybe this craft survived in some unexpected places. In trying to see what is on the web about this work, I see a few references from my good friends Lotus and Edward Stack who have traveled extensively in the area. She was curator of the department of textiles at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for years, she and her husband would travel in this area researching obscure textile arts. They have thousands of photos - I'm writing to them now. If I can get enough together from various sources I'll do a piece on LaceNews. Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit
IF he calls, you should let him know what Mrs Selb tells about making traditional hats: it took about 350 + x hours for a traditional cap. May be this is a bigger piece of lace - there is still the question of getting the material, learning how to do it, coming to a skill that allows you to sell your work (I know what I am talking about) and finding peaople willing to pay for all this. If I remember correctly, Mrs Selb wrote the material for a cap was about 500 swiss francs in the 1980th - I think she talks about gold wire and not brass. Avital, I had some material, part of it left thread from a factory that made historical uniforms, but unfortunately we lost nearly all of it in the high water last august (1 m in the warehouse, and heavy things, like metal thread and wire was completely on the ground). Metal thread like flat wire (Plätt - platt means flach) and Gespinst (round thread, made of a cotton core, twined around with a very fine flat metal wire - I don't know the english term for it) is usually used for church lace and what is called Klosterarbeiten - difficult to explain, see the google-fotos: http://www.google.de/images?q=Klosterarbeitenoe=utf-8rls=org.mozilla:de:officialclient=firefox-aum=1ie=UTF-8source=univei=OplaTerxII3ysgb_i6WVBgsa=Xoi=image_result_groupct=titleresnum=1ved=0CEMQsAQwAA So there is still a small market for this material, but a really small one. The other possibilities are Austria and Swizerland (around St.Gallen, I believe) Gabriele -Original Message- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:27:05 +0100 Subject: Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit From: Avital spind...@gmail.com To: lace@arachne.com P.S. I haven't heard from this guy since I told him that he would have to open a sweatshop and buy the materials from Austria or Germany Avital - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit
Hello Avital, it is difficult to tell with these fotos, but I believe the austrian version ist more stable than you think. I saw the ukrainian collars and the piece on the so called chair: theywere all made the same way. - By the way the chair we had in our exhibition is the one Mrs Selb shows on page 6 of Geheimnis derGoldlame Technikhttp://members.aon.at/rosamichl/Geheimnis_Goldlam_technik.pdf Besides, we did not find out what the round thing on the lace was used for. I can (with difficulty) see that the point of braiding on the two fotos of your flickr album looks a bit different, so it may be a different technique, but I'm no expert. As long as I know there were different kinds of flat wire, some of them more looking like being woven. The flat wire usually came with 0,6 and0,9 mm (earlier I offered them in my shop)., si it can be rather fine. Best wishes, Gabriele -Original Message- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:28:25 +0100 Subject: Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit From: Avital spind...@gmail.com To: lace@arachne.com Gabrielle, I think the source of the confusion is that we're talking about two different techniques, both called Spanier arbeit. If you look at my photos of the machine with a work in progress, you will see that itis very different from the German PDF. I translated parts of the PDF and examined the photos quite carefully to compare them. The machine that I saw actually weaves a thin metallic ribbon over and under 4 cords. The Austrian version that you refer to uses a much wider metallic ribbon or wire and coils it around two supporting cords. The Austrian version looks quite fragile and is more suitable for the women's elaborate head-dresses in the photos. The Jewish examples in the Israel Museum use a braid form along the collar of a prayershawl. This part of the tallit must be very durable because it is constantly being folded and shaken out and handled. It would also have to be quite flexible because it drapes around the neck. You couldn't dothat with the version of Spanier arbeit that is used for the German head-dresses. Best wishes, Avital On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:40 AM, kloeppelki...@t-online.de kloeppelki...@t-online.de wrote: Spanier Arbeit has not much to do with bobbin lace. Ill try toexplain (having learned it some 15 or so years ago), but give you as well alink to a pdf where you will find good fotos. You work on a bolster pillow on a tape lace-like pattern. Whileworking, two ticker cotton threads follow the outline of the tape. A flatwire is wound around both cotton threads and fixed with one metallic threadon each side. You simply turn two or four times on each side, thenwound again the flat metal wire around both. Here is the link: http://members.aon.at/rosamichl/Anleitung_Lam_technik.pdf The homepage to it is: http://members.aon.at/rosamichl/page_1_1.html You will see that this kind of work was/is used for traditionalhats in southern Germany and Swizzerland. Mrs Selb explains, that the technique was a well kept secret.There was only one woman in her area who was able to make it. She took about360 hours for one cap. Gabriele - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing theline: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit
Spanier Arbeit has not much to do with bobbin lace. Ill try to explain (having learned it some 15 or so years ago), but give you as well a link to a pdf where you will find good fotos. You work on a bolster pillow on a tape lace-like pattern. While working, two ticker cotton threads follow the outline of the tape. A flat wire is wound around both cotton threads and fixed with one metallic thread on each side. You simply turn two or four times on each side, then wound again the flat metal wire around both. Here is the link: http://members.aon.at/rosamichl/Anleitung_Lam_technik.pdf The homepage to it is: http://members.aon.at/rosamichl/page_1_1.html You will see that this kind of work was/is used for traditional hats in southern Germany and Swizzerland. Mrs Selb explains, that the technique was a well kept secret. There was only one woman in her area who was able to make it. She took about 360 hours for one cap. Gabriele -Original Message- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:13:53 +0100 Subject: Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit From: Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.com To: lace@arachne.com Avital Interesting. Where are these illustrations 2 and 3? I looked at your flickr photos, but can't see the actual thing being made, so I can't see the structure. The article's description of the pillow sounded like a Spanish bobbin lace pillow, but your illustration doesn't look at all like one. Lace before 1400 would have been knotted square netting (fisherman's net), on a small scale, embroidered. I don't know anything about the dating for Chebka (Tunisian needlelace) or puncetto or oya. I don't know if they are older than punto in aria. http://lacenews.net/?s=Chebka Laurie Waters' article. Lorelei - Original Message - From: Avital spind...@gmail.com To: Arachne.com lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 11:37 PM Subject: [lace] Spanier arbeit Dear spiders, I received an email from someone in NY who wanted to know whether I knew of anyone who makes Spanier arbeit today. Here's an article, if you're not sure what it is: http://www.thejewishpress.com/printArticle.cfm?contentid=17496 The person who emailed me contacted David Farkas, mentioned in the article, but he wasn't interested in helping him. I was approached because he found this photo I took in the Israel Museum: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/5076972597/in/photostream/ Best wishes, Avital -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: [lace] ID of Continental Lace bobbins Help
I am not sure if it fits your need, but there is a stunning book on the stunning collection of Bobbins, pillows, stands (Klöppel-Kissen-Ständer) of Hannelore Schulte's, published by Deutscher klöppelverband. Text in German only, but very good fotos. www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de mail: info(at)deutscher-kloeppelverband.de Gabriele, Chemnitz -Original Message- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:33:30 +0200 Subject: [lace] ID of Continental Lace bobbins Help From: Brian Lemin brid...@bigpond.com To: lace@arachne.com Do you happen to know of a book, catalogue, web site, whatever that would be a good resource to enable me to ID Continental bobbins please (ideally antique of course, but they have not changed a lot I would presume.) It is a huge subject. A bit scary really. The Best I have is a Dutch book on Lace around the world or something. It is called Kant wereldwijd, by Lieve Lams. People have been very kind and generous in sending me actual continental bobbins and pictures over the years and I have been very remiss (or too busy with UK bobbins) to do anything of real value with them. I have felt guilty about this for a long time Most of my research time these days is wrapped up in Decorated East Devon (Honiton) bobbins, another genre that nothing has been written about them except for an excellent book by H.J.Yallop The History of the Honitons Lace Industry, but even then he only has a chapter (a good one) on the bobbins. BTW. His take on the History of the Introduction of Lace into the UK (possibly Devon especially) is very different from the current generally accepted view. He argues his case very well and documents it academically.. From Brian and Jean Cooranbong. Australia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.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
[lace] Re: [lace] What is it?
It is a pillow for Needle lace, I think. Greetings, Gabriele friom Germany -Original Message- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:25:49 +0100 Subject: [lace] What is it? From: Laurie Waters lswaters...@comcast.net To: lace@arachne.com This interesting item is described as Klöppelständer mit Klöppelkissen but it doesn't look like any Germany pillow and stand that I've seen. Does anyone recognize it? Ebay item 300387242843 Thanks, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
