[lace] lacemaking blindness
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:16:28 -0400 (EDT) From: dmt11h...@aol.com Subject: Re: [lace] Lace making and blindness When and where did lacemakers work 14 hours a day and what is your source for that? Devon Hi Arachnids Valerie Harris, who wrote the book The Lavendon Collection of Bobbin Lace Patterns, told me about her two aunts whe were commmissioned to make a piece of lace for a Royal occasion. The lace was worked continually 24 hours a day get it finished in time, averaging 12 hours per day each. It is not a stretch of the imagination to take this to 14 hours per day if you need the money to live and you are an elderly person in a family without many other duties. I love my lacemaking but 14 hours a day might become too much. 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] lacemaking blindness
Dear Devon and All, all I read in German and partly English written books and articles the question of becoming blind by doing bobbin lace wasn't there so important as it is now on our list. There are meanings that it happened but there are other who deny this. Here in Germany a lot of people have the meaning that most lacemakers from former time had become blind but I remember a few persons who said this isn't true. I knew some people who used such a lacemaker lamp and told me that this lamp give a lot of light. This is again a question we will not get a 100% sure answer. A few of us mentioned that from doing bobbin lace eyes didn't become blind which my ophthalmologist confirm but if we don't sit in a correct position and if we stare during working our eyes and muscles suffer. And when this situation happens day for day we will damage our body partly. Hoping all arachneans living in the part of the world where this storm is doing its damages are sure. I must switch off my radio set because I see New York before my eyes and knowing Devon lives nearby makes me worried. I wish all of you all the best. 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
