[lace] Foundling Expo

2011-03-25 Thread Jean Nathan
Brian you are quite right. Tim Wonnacott, presenter of 'Bargain Hunt' did visit that exhibition and drew attention to a few of the items. I wouldn't say he's a heartthrob, but be might be to your wife! He's a very suave, gentlemanly person who always wears a bow tie and doffs his hat when

Re: [lace] The Structure of Threads for Lace (Review)

2011-03-25 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Jeri I have a copy of this book, which Barbara sent to me towards the end of last year (when it was first published) and it is a very in-depth study of a few commonly used crochet (aka lace) threads. The photos show the different visual effect of using differently constructed thread for

RE: [lace] The Structure of Threads for Lace (Review)

2011-03-25 Thread Barbara Ballantyne
Just a small correction, Dear Spiders I surveyed various bobbin lace threads too, Brok, the KantKlosgaren Egyptisch katoen and the Presencia Bollilos and found surprising variation there as well as in the crochet cottons. More than Brenda noted on arachne a while back and then reported in a