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The same can be said of the hedgehog, the mascot of bobbin lacemakers.
There are BL people who have no interest in hedgehogs. There are no curators
who
pay attention to the BL mascot.
I didn't know that the hedgehog is meant to be the mascot for bobbin
lacemakers.
This is an intriguing description for an item on ebay. Firstly does the
seller really mean pillow maker? Secondly, where in England would it have
been used? I always thought it was the large bolster for Bucks point or
Bedfordshire, or the small ball-shaped Honiton pillows that were used - any
--- Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
schrieb:
This is an intriguing description for an item on
ebay.
It is a spanish mundillo, a pillow based on the
french pillows, not used by professional lacemakers,
but by ladies who made lace for their dowry or the
church.
Original retail $350.00
350
Thanks Eva. I see someone has told the seller because it is now described as a
RARE ANTIQUE SPANISH MUNDILLO PILLOW LACE MAKER and the description has been
altered.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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On 5/26/06, Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is an intriguing ...
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This pillow is absolutely adorable. I'm not bidding on it, but I've
enjoyed the pictures.
thanks for posting the link :)
--
Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
Cdn.
This is an intriguing description for an item on eBay. Firstly does the
seller really mean pillow maker?
I think it should read - Lace maker's pillow.
And what is that around the roller?
It's a piece of Irish crochet. Well it's lace, and it's on a lace pillow.
Could have been tatting
I've met dozens of people when I've been demonstrating
bobbin lace whose grannies did tatting just like you're doing.
Evidently a universal problem:
Last summer when I was demonstrating bobbin lace at the Washington State
Fair, a woman came up to me almost breathless with enthusiasm. Look, she
On 5/26/06, Barbara Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Last summer when I was demonstrating bobbin lace at the Washington State
Fair, a woman came up to me almost breathless with enthusiasm. Look, she
said to her friend, My father used to do that!
I replied, Your father made bobbin lace?!?!
She
Unusual lace pillow -- and described by someone who
knows little about it. The closest pillows I can
think of to this style would be Italian, not English.
There's very little bobbin surface. I think it would
work mainly for a narrow edging.
It looks like a piece of machine lace wrapped around
