Hello everyone and especially those who know about lace making in Spain,
On saturday I met a lace maker who spendes winters in Spain, near
Marbella in the southern coast.
She has been making lace alone and was wondering if there are any lace
makers in that area. I promised to ask from Arachne in
My question on what the intended use is for the card that we use for
pricking only got two responses - Brenda confirmed my thoughts on card for
cartridge cases, and Vivienne Walton from Presencia/Biggins emailed me
privately and said they buy it as pattern cutting card, which they
understand
Hi Outi
I'm in the south of Spain but about 4 hours drive from Marbella, so not much use
to your friend. I suggest she goes to the Town Hall (ayuntamento) and asks if
they can put her in touch with the local lacemaking group, I know there is a
group there because we've met them at lace days in
I still have my unfinished table ribbon on the go (beds lace), a large
star (beds lace) designed by a fellow Ozzie lacemaker, and my next
year's IOLI contest entry (also beds, but quite psychedelic) on the go.
Next weekend is Cider Days at Lakewood Heritage Centre, and I'm demo'ing
there. It'll
In November, the West Michigan Lace Group plans to demo at the
Kalamazoo Valley Museum Festival of Arts. The KVM is a children's
museum, and the organizers want to have a full range of crafts. We
demo'd there last year, and we enjoyed it as much as the kids. We
will have tatting, knitted lace,
I am about to start winding some 200 pairs of bobbins for my next project -
for UK 7 competition.
I just received the thread - a Finca lace thread - white - SO white it
almost has a blue-ish tinge to it. I am just hoping it will be the same
colour when the project is finished! :)
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