[lace] Dictionary
Hi Brian So you thought you would write a dictionary? I have that Tee shirt too. When you have been fascinated by a subject and worked in it to the extent we have you wish to share the enjoyment with others, hence you put it into a book. I had the same wobbles when getting close to finishing mine and I was given permission to include to following excerpt from H.W.Fowler,s Acknowledgements in the Concise Oxford Dictionary. A Dictionary maker, unless he is a monster of omniscience, must deal with a great many matters of which he has no first hand knowledge. That he has been guilty of errors and omissions in some of these he will learn soon after publication. I followed it with - This makes me realise that I am not alone in my concern about the accuracy of information I have collated. And I found my a mistake after giving the printer the go-ahead and before I received my first copy. Regardless of errors, and with such an extensive content there are bound to be a few, we will all be delighted to have access to all the work you have put into your dictionary of bobbins. Blow the dust, use your bobbins and make lace 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] Dictionary
Hi Brian As user of dictionaries and writer of one I know a dictionary is only as good as the information within it. I am all for you asking so your dictionary will be as complete as it can be and am happy to help where I can. You are welcome to use any information in any of my books and material I have sent you in the past. Best wishes. Your work is of benefit to all lacemakers 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] Dictionary
My apologies, Alex. I just grabbed the book off the shelf - and Cassells is written in Big letters, rather than your name. (Bad!).Memo to self, slow down, and read the page properly first!!! BTW - I hope your wrist is fully healed, now, from the Portland fall. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. Thank you Liz. Just over a year ago I had the dictionary reprinted with the name 'Salex Illustrated Dictionary of Lacemaking', as the Cassells edition had been out of date for some years, and at the same time I updated it and it includes more tatting terms. One of our best tatters, Ruth Baker, who belongs to my local lace group agreed to work on it with me. We had a lot of fun. She would introduce me to a new technique. I would go away, make it, write about it and draw the diagrams. Ruth would look through and try to follow my instructions and tell me where they missed the point and I would revise them - as many times as was needed to get a satisfactory entry. I would like to take this chance to thank her yet again.. Thank you to all who have sent me best wishes for my recovery, my wrist is now healed and functioning pretty well, unless I do something silly like clean the oven which I did before Christmas - bad mistake, but it's over that as well now. Keep 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
[lace] Lace dictionary
Gon Homburg wrote: I could find the quotations on Arachne and I don't know exactly what kind of lace dictionary you wrote. Alex's dictionary is called Illustrated Dictionary of Lacemaking, which I find is one of the most referred-to books I have. Explanations are not that necessary for me as I can find that in books or other publications If you have this book you mostly don't need to search for an explanation in other books - you just look up what you want because everything is listed alphabetically and, although it might not be exhaustive, it covers a wide range of terms. Just opening it at random: Chain cording/gimp/stitch. (bobbin) RAISED GIMPS creating a chain. Four gimps are used in two pairs. After starting by TWISTING the gimps of one pair, * the right gimp is lifted, the workers are passed between them and the gimps twisted*. The gimps of the other pair CROSSED , ** the left gimp is lifted, the workers passed through them and the gimps crossed.** Repeat from * to * and from ** to ** every time the workers meet the gimps, lifting the thread on the same side each time. Exchanging the twisting and crossing movements makes the chain face the other way (figure). Also called a corded chain, herringbone and locking V gimp. See also CABLE GIMP, HERRINGBONE BRAID. (figure) refers to a diagram which is included. Capital letters mean there are separate entries for these words in the dictionary. It does not only cover bobbin lacemaking, but includes needlelace, tatting, crochet, tambour, netting, yarn, mounting and general terms and has many illustrations to accompany the descriptions. I wouldn't be without mine, and was very disappointed and surprised to see that a copy was recently auctioned on ebay.uk with a starting price of just 99 pence and it didn't attract a single bid.. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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That's a good description of Alex's dictionary, Jean. Talking of ridiculous prices - the opposite is looking up Rosemary Shepherds book Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking at Amazon. It is available from her direct at http://www.lacedaisypress.com.au/ for $A26.50 plus postage. All Amazon has to offer are copies from $US52.60 plus postage, up to $159.71!!! Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Dictionary and woollen lace
First of all - thank you for your original dictionary: I have owned my copy for a long time, and it's condition certainly shows use. I will be happy to buy a new edition any time you produce one. Here is a suggestion for you to track down. It is a subject that I have tried to track down my self, but haven't got very far:- Yak Lace. When I first came across this, I was reading the Ruth Bean edition of Thomas Wright's The Romance of the Lace Pillow. As I live in High Wycombe, I was interested by the references to this lace being made here. As you will see, there are certainly some contradictions between this piece and the later one (quoted below). I haven't yet been able to look into the sources quoted by these authors, which might clarify matters. Your own entry in your dictionary is quite brief, so I hope that you will agree that there is scope for more. I was intrigued by your suggestion that Yak was a corruption of Yorkshire, the county supplying wool - it certainly sounds like it could have been a local pronunciation. And might a Yak bobbin be the same as our local Bucks Thumper? All this certainly came as a surprise to me, and I'd like to know a lot more - not just about the trade around High Wycombe, but especially about making lace with multi-coloured wool. My apologies for the length of this message, but I thought that others on the list might be interested to find out about lace made from wool. Many thanks, Linda Walton (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K. where it's cold and damp, made worse by the men with a pneumatic drill outside my front door, but they are trying to mend a really bad broken water pipe, which has been pouring a stream down my drive and has made a huge pool outside my front door for the last ten days - so I'm grateful really, however distracting). P.S. I find the quality of the text from my scanner varies with the quality of scan I set, and can be made error-free. A poor original can be much improved, you just have to accept that it will take the machine a little longer to do. * * * * * from Thomas Wright's The Romance of the Lace Pillow, Ruth Bean, Bedford, 1982. [Page 228] About 1870 there began to be made throughout Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, especially ar Newport Pagnell, High Wycombe and Stagsden, a coarse, strong bobbin lace, the material of which seems at first to have been obtained from the Yak animal. Most of it, however, was made of Yorkshire wool. The designs of Yak, as it was [page 229] called were geometrical, being copied from Reticella and silk Maltese Guipure. One of the results of its introduction was the gradual extinction of the Black Silk Lace industry, the centre of which at that time was Haddenham near Aylesbury. High Wycombe obtained a name for its wheel-like design, the Town Trot, which was made in enormous quantities. There is a footnote:- In North Bucks Mr. E. Godfroy alone used three hundred pounds weight of wool per month. A brown lace with blue plaits made in widths of two, three and four inches, which was used for dresses, valances, and for decorating furniture, occupied many pillows at Newton Blossomville and other villages in North Bucks. At Carlton (Beds) a very heavy worsted lace of every imaginable colour was made in widths from half an inch to a foot, but the black variety of Yak was most in demand. [There is a plate showing a piece of Yak lace, but I don't think I can reproduce this for you.] The fashion, however, for all kinds of Yak soon declined, and eventually became almost extinct, except with respect to the cream variety which is still sold for children's clothes. There is another footnote:- Gibbs's History of Aylesbury, p. 622; Bull's History of Newport Pagnell, p. 196. There is an additional piece on page 241:- Lace-making has never been a well paid industry. The worker fared best in the Yak period, when she could make ten shillings a week. I followed this up with an internet search, and got this webpage, from Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum:- http://england.prm.ox.ac.uk/englishness-beds-maltese-and-yak-lace.html Here is the part of the text about Yak lace, but there is more to read, and also some pictures. 'Yak' lace In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), 'yak' lace is defined as 'a coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak'. The length made by Mrs. Campbell, however, was made from worsted sheep's wool and was probably representative of the general quality of the lace. Like other types of Torchon laces, this sample of 'yak' lace has a geometric pattern and has a very wide mesh, making it quick and easy to make, even for a beginner. The main decorative feature of the 'head' (the fan shaped edging) of the lace is a simple, almost heart-shaped block of 'half-stitch' weave. Wool, however, is not an ideal fibre from which to make lace. Unlike linen, wool has a natural elasticity that means that
RE: [lace] Dictionary
Can we see a picture of this too please? Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Ligeti Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:10 AM To: Arachne Subject: [!! SPAM] [lace] Dictionary Welcome, Alex, from Downunder. I can assure you your dictionary is a Must Have here in Australia, and my copy is very well used!! - and a Godsend, too! Thank you for writing it. I have also seen a photo of a beautiful mat (I hesitate to call it that!) that I believe you made in a plaited lace - with 4 Roman (?) heads on it in medallions. An absolutely gorgeous piece of lace. So we know that you are a very experienced lacemaker, too. I am sure 1000 copies of your New Dictionary would sell like the proverbial Hot Cakes. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 175 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Dictionary
Alex, have you thought about Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software than can scan pages and turn them into documents that can be read by a computer? I got a free program on a computer magazine disk 10 year ago called 'Textbridge Pro 98', which still works fine on Windows XP. It can scan text, columns and magazine pages that can then be edited. Takes a bit to set up for a project, but once done is a lot quicker than typing in page after page from scratch. It's a bit crude by today's standards, but there must be good cheap (or even public domain) software that's more sophisticated now which would make your life much easier. On the subject of publishing on CD, although we like to think most lacemakers are honest, it's so easy to copy a CD, so this isn't the way I'd choose to go to publish. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Dictionary
I have had so many replies. Thank you. The spread sheet sound good but too complicated for me. I am reluctant to put it on CD. We all know people who have copied whole books. That takes time and effort, copying a CD takes seconds. Please come forward with suggestions for me to track down, I may ask for help along the way. Best wishes Alex - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello and welcome Alex to Arachne I do not have your dictionary at the moment, but would be very interested in it when finished. I know a few other lace makers who will want a copy. Agnes Boddington - Ellougthon UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jean, your suggestion that Alex start with OCR is excellent... But she doesn't need to use an old program... My HP scanner/printer/copier has a setting in the scanner operation which allows me to scan in OCR format. Once done, the document can easily be modified. So, for a large project like this, Alex would find that investing in a scanner is just the thing, and will save days and days of hand-entry. I don't know how I would make lace without my handy scanner nearby!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alex, have you thought about Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software than can scan pages and turn them into documents that can be read by a computer? I got a free program on a computer magazine disk 10 year ago called 'Textbridge Pro 98', which still works fine on Windows XP. It can scan text, columns and magazine pages that can then be edited. Takes a bit to set up for a project, but once done is a lot quicker than typing in page after page from scratch. It's a bit crude by today's standards, but there must be good cheap (or even public domain) software that's more sophisticated now which would make your life much easier. On the subject of publishing on CD, although we like to think most lacemakers are honest, it's so easy to copy a CD, so this isn't the way I'd choose to go to publish. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dear Friends, Jean, your suggestion that Alex start with OCR is excellent... But she doesn't need to use an old program... My HP scanner/printer/copier has a setting in the scanner operation which allows me to scan in OCR format. Once done, the document can easily be modified. So, for a large project like this, Alex would find that investing in a scanner is just the thing, and will save days and days of hand-entry. I don't know how I would make lace without my handy scanner nearby!! I have found that my scanner made so many errors when using OCR that it just wasn't worth it. The time it took to proof read and correct these errors was about equal to typing the whole page in the first place. It particularly had difficulties with such things as ll or words like I'll David in Ballarat Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alex, have you thought about Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software than can scan pages and turn them into documents that can be read by a computer? I got a free program on a computer magazine disk 10 year ago called 'Textbridge Pro 98', which still works fine on Windows XP. It can scan text, columns and magazine pages that can then be edited. Takes a bit to set up for a project, but once done is a lot quicker than typing in page after page from scratch. It's a bit crude by today's standards, but there must be good cheap (or even public domain) software that's more sophisticated now which would make your life much easier. On the subject of publishing on CD, although we like to think most lacemakers are honest, it's so easy to copy a CD, so this isn't the way I'd choose to go to publish. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1428 - Release Date: 12/05/2008 7:44 AM - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Dictionary and OCR
Hello all, I have been sitting here thinking the same think David. Unless the print is collected very clear, lots of misspellings occur and you must read every paragraph anyway. You might do a sample page and see what you think...unfortunately, I have spent more time in editing that the scanning was worth. Therefore, I rarely do this anymore, unless I have a really clean copy. Nice addition to the conversation David. Susie Susie Johnson, Lacemaker Morris, IL USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] RE: I have found that my scanner made so many errors when using OCR that it just wasn't worth it. The time it took to proof read and correct these errors was about equal to typing the whole page in the first place. It particularly had difficulties with such things as ll or words like I'll David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Dictionary
Hi I'm Alex Stillwell. I have just joined Aracne and was surprised and flattered to see that my dictionary is being quoted. I am currently transferring the dictionary onto my computer so that I can produce it myself. I think it very unlikely it will sell a 1000 copies and that is what I have to get for it to be worth having printed. I plan to print and comb bind it myself - so far I have just started 'C' and it has taken since Christmas to get this far. I have the text on disc but it has been somewhat garbled since it was written pre 1995 and I am having to scan in all the figures. I am updating and revising it at the same time. Is it very cheeky/permissable to ask Aracne members if there are any refrences they would like explained, added or corrected. I would, of course, post these entries on Aracne as I research them. I joined because Jane Partridge encouraged me when she stayed with me at the beginning of May - and it looks fun. Looking forward to hearing from you. Alex - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Welcome Alex. I am flattered that I can 'meet' the person who wrote something that is an invaluable contribution to my lace library. Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Stillwell Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:19 AM To: Arachne reply Subject: [lace] Dictionary Hi I'm Alex Stillwell. I have just joined Aracne and was surprised and flattered to see that my dictionary is being quoted. I am currently transferring the dictionary onto my computer so that I can produce it myself. I think it very unlikely it will sell a 1000 copies and that is what I have to get for it to be worth having printed. I plan to print and comb bind it myself - so far I have just started 'C' and it has taken since Christmas to get this far. I have the text on disc but it has been somewhat garbled since it was written pre 1995 and I am having to scan in all the figures. I am updating and revising it at the same time. Is it very cheeky/permissable to ask Aracne members if there are any refrences they would like explained, added or corrected. I would, of course, post these entries on Aracne as I research them. I joined because Jane Partridge encouraged me when she stayed with me at the beginning of May - and it looks fun. Looking forward to hearing from you. Alex - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Alex, My guess is that it would not take long to sell 1000 copies, I believe there are many more (maybe 5-7 times that many on Arachne. I would like to see a section (a table/spread sheet, or ?) that would compare and list the many terms that are used around the world for the same 'item, motif, stitch combinations). Just the term 'whole stitch' is an example, and I know there are others. I for one would like to have a copy. Lorri Ferguson Graham, Washington, USA Hi I'm Alex Stillwell. I have just joined Aracne and was surprised and flattered to see that my dictionary is being quoted. I am currently transferring the dictionary onto my computer so that I can produce it myself. I think it very unlikely it will sell a 1000 copies and that is what I have to get for it to be worth having printed. I plan to print and comb bind it myself - so far I have just started 'C' and it has taken since Christmas to get this far. I have the text on disc but it has been somewhat garbled since it was written pre 1995 and I am having to scan in all the figures. I am updating and revising it at the same time. Is it very cheeky/permissable to ask Aracne members if there are any refrences they would like explained, added or corrected. I would, of course, post these entries on Aracne as I research them. I joined because Jane Partridge encouraged me when she stayed with me at the beginning of May - and it looks fun. Looking forward to hearing from you. Alex - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello Alex,if yours will become a good cictionary I think 1000 copies will not be enough. There are still lots of lacemakers around the world and lots of them interested in such a dictionary. And than you could make an article or an ad in the magazines of the different lace- associations. I too like Lorri would like to have some ecamples before. But not so simple ones as whole stitch2. Yesterday it took me half an hour before I could find out that in a French book fond chant et trenne what sort the fond trenne is in none of the collections and dictionaries2 for lacemakers the word trenne was explained or if so not satisfiengly. Just when I decided to go to my PC and ask arachne- family I found out that Point de Paris and Fond Trenne are the same. You see what I am meaning? Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Dictionary
Hello Alex (and everyone) well now, this is delightful to see you on Arachne, and that a revision is underway to your excellent lace dictionary. I for one have used definitions from it in messages to the lace list ;) I would definitely buy the revised copy too. Is it very cheeky/permissable to ask Aracne members if there are any refrences they would like explained, added or corrected. I would, of course, post these entries on Aracne as I research them. Excellent suggestion! -- Bev (near Sooke, BC 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]
[lace] The lace dictionary
Dear Alex -- As I am one of your many admirers, and am greatly looking forward to the new dictionary, I am going to allow myself (cheeky! permissible! Arachne) and please note the __correct__ spelling of permissible and of Arachne) to suggest that you use the services of a proofreader as you go along. None of us, and surely not you, would want to see blemishes such as misspelled words, in a work that we all know is going to be a classic. If you would like to e-mail your A chapter to me, I would be very happy to make a gift to mankind (or, more likely, lacemaking womankind) and proofread it for you. As I am an experienced proofreader, editor, writer, and have got a doctorate from Columbia University, I am feeling freer than I might otherwise be in suggesting this to you. Best wishes! Aurelia Catonsville, Maryland USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Dictionary on CD
Robyn said in part: I have a suggestion--we recently had a discussion of the positive and negative aspects of publishing a lace pattern book as a CD. Those who objected to a CD pattern book seemed mostly interested in being able to browse the pretty pictures somewhere other than at the computer. I think a CD dictionary might be very well received, since there is less of that sort of browsing (I know, there's some, but not like a pattern book). It could make searching easier; if it could search in the definitions, there need be only one entry with all the synonyms (whole vs. whole-and-twist vs double stitch could be a single entry). That might make it a little more like an encyclopedia than a dictionary, but that's not a bad thing. And it's certainly a whole lot less expensive to produce a CD book, always a good point when self-publishing. Though a CD is ceratinly an option, I would prefer a paper one for these reasons: - Don't need a computer to access it, can bring it to class - Don't need electricity to access it - Can write in the margins, make notes, add alternates as found, generally comment in my own hand and as I chose and need to So call me a ludite. I make lace, don't I? Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] International Lace Dictionary - Gent 1998 edition
In a message dated 7/16/06 9:02:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Antje and the list, I have a book, paperbook, that I bought at a lace day here years ago called International Lace Dictionary. It was pulished in Gent/Ghent in 1994. I have the address in the book where orders coul/can be places for copies, but I can't guarantee that the address is current, contact me if you are interested. There is no ISBN number to quote as I believe it was published privately or something. Dear Arachnes, The book has been updated since 1994. The 1998 edition includes Parts I and II. It is by Edith Spee, Ineke van den Kieboom, and Johan Coene, and can probably be obtained from the usual lace book dealers or Johan Coene. http://users.belgacom.net/coene Click on the book shown on the right on the home page. I think mine was purchased from a lace book dealer in the U.S. for about $25, which included the shipping from Europe. Costs a lot less than it would to take many language lessons! The edition I have says (C) Copyright Voorbehoude English is compared with: French German Dutch Spanish Catalan Italian Portuguese 88 pages --- Danish Swedish Finnish Hungarian Czech Russian Japanese 91 pages All spiral-bound in one volume measuring 8 1/4 x 5 3/4. 1/2 thick. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] International Lace Dictionary
Hi Patsy and All, I'm sure Tamara will have something to say about this but I happened to just be on line so I'll answer. I got the International Lace Dictionary by Spee, van den Kieboom and Coene last year in Harrisburg, PA. In the US, Holly Van Sciver, Lacy Susan and the Lacemaker all usually carry it. It was published in 1998 and the ISBN is something I can't find - there is a KBC number 444-9510821-56, I don't know what that is. A website is also listed: http://users.belgacom.net/coene though it is 7 years old now. It's a great book! Jane in Vermont, USA where I'm thinking of getting some crocus bulbs to plant and think about in the middle of winter G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
