It looks to me much like the sort of needle lace that is exported all over
the world from China. I bought a very nice circular table cloth when I was
in Australia, at quite a modest price considering the amount of hours that
would have gone into the making of it.
Liz Pass
(in Poole in the rain)
Dear Spiders
Among the many organisations I belong to is the Oxford Asian Textile Group
(England). I can seldom get to the meetings, but the Newsletter is well worth
while. In February 2005 an article told us of the disastrous effect the
Tsunami had had on the Lace Industry of southern Sri
Dear Friends,
The same woman who advertised the large Cut work cloth had a small
doily there which she advertised as tatting. I politely let her know
that it was not tatting, but appear to be hairpin crochet. Here is
her reply for your interest:-
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN THIS MAY BE HAIRPIN
Dear Arachnes,
Was reading a British embroidery magazine and came across a 1/4-page ad for
Needlelace and Stumpwork online classes with Doreen Holmes, beginning October
2006.
Holmes has written 3 books - in the 1980's and 90's, all in the library here,
and the website says she is a founding
I forgot to inform you that my guild web page is now back on line. Check out
the tatting pattern by Georgia Seitz. Web address is after my signature.
Janice
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois,
USA
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/
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Dear David and our Guilds,
I did not look at the items from this vendor, but note that textile items
have been sold as lace for over a century that technically are not lace.
Sellers
and buyers have ignored that fact! Very often, embroidery (decorative lacy
stitching on a *previously-made
Ooops... The message was sent out very late (early? g) in the day...
Alice was right; it was meant for the entire list...
Begin forwarded message:
From: Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: October 22, 2006 3:26:47 EDT
To: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sticky pins
Dear Jeri,
I fully support your opinion, and that's why, when I wrote to this
vendor, I did take the liberty of putting Australian Lace Guild
after my signature. It seems to have made no difference at all to her
very slack standards.
David in Ballarat
In this case of marketing on Ebay,
