Re: [lace] Thorns for pins
Last week I saw a small bolster pillow from Brazil with strong thorns used as pins. I was in a workshop in Italy and one of the participants brought this little gem in to show us. Nobody in the class could identify the thorns. They were about 4 cm long, strong, smooth and very pointy, making them easy to insert in the pillow. -- Karen Washington, DC - 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] Thorns for pins
Bev wrote: erm, I've lost the thread. Would cactus have been known to lacemakers? If the early lacemakers lived in areas where cacti grew. Certainly not the UK. Would Spain be a possibility? Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Thorns for pins
In reference to cactus thorns - or at least the ones I've run into in the desert southwest (US) - they are all barbed to a certain degree, so they easily go in, but catch on the way back out. Some experiences have been painful. So I highly doubt cactus thorns would have been used for lacemaking. I believe they have been used for sewing, but only when you can pull them through, not back out. Beth enjoying the last of a warm sunny spring day in the Pacific Northwest. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.ukwrote: Bev wrote: erm, I've lost the thread. Would cactus have been known to lacemakers? If the early lacemakers lived in areas where cacti grew. Certainly not the UK. Would Spain be a possibility? Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Thorns for pins
Bev wrote: erm, I've lost the thread. Would cactus have been known to lacemakers? Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk wrote: If the early lacemakers lived in areas where cacti grew. Certainly not the UK. Would Spain be a possibility? No, cacti would not have been used by early European laceamakers. The family is found only in the New World (North, Central, and South America). However, there are other things with cactus-like spines in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The original post was casting doubt on whether lacemakers used thorns, but ended with asking if anyone on the list had used thorns for pins. I said no, but described some thorns that would probably be usable. 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
