[lace] Article on Brazilian bobbin lace with cactus pins
Very interesting article. I wonder how the banana leaves stuffed pillow stood up over time. Wouldn't the leaves break down into compost? :-) Also the lace in the photo does not look too miniscule to me and that size of thread should produce more than a few inches a day. Janice Incongruously, her frenetic movements produce a miniscule lace fragment. In fact, a full day's work yields just a few inches of delicate finery. Online article from National Geographic Traveler http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/genuine-article/morelli-text/1 excerpted: Lace can be produced either with a needle and thread (needle lace) or by interweaving threads wound on bobbins. Bobbin lace is the predominant type of lace made on Brazil's northeastern coast. The technique begins with a pillow, almost always homemade, and stuffed with cotton, grass, or even banana leaves. Robin P. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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] Article on Brazilian bobbin lace with cactus pins
Online article from National Geographic Traveler http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/genuine-article/morelli-text/1 excerpted: Lace can be produced either with a needle and thread (needle lace) or by interweaving threads wound on bobbins. Bobbin lace is the predominant type of lace made on Brazil's northeastern coast. The technique begins with a pillow, almost always homemade, and stuffed with cotton, grass, or even banana leaves. The pillow forms the workspace for the rendeira, or lacemaker, who props it in her lap or places it on a special wooden stand made for that purpose. She then covers the pillow with a lace template on paper or cardboard. A collection of pins—commercial sewing notions or, in a pinch, cactus thorns—holds the design in place on the pillow. The accompanying photo is of a coarse lace and the pins appear to be glass-headed sewing-type. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
