[lace] David Naylor cont.

2011-07-17 Thread Alan Sheila Brown
Some of my bobbins are dated '84 and '86, others have no dates. I have the pair which were on ebay. By the way I have a great-grandmother bobbin made by Barry Adams for my mother, the babe is in blue. Now I'm become one I feel I can use it. Barry only worked in ivory, salvaged

[lace] Re: Lace - White

2011-07-17 Thread Susan Reishus
I would also bet that keeping clothing white was very difficult and expensive in the middle ages and so that also showed off a person's wealth.  Liz Redford White meant rich.  Lyn in PA *** That is what first came to mind for me.  My grandmother and mother had to have everything white of the

RE: [lace] Re: Lace - White

2011-07-17 Thread Margery Allcock
Susan Reishus wrote: I am knitting white tip towels and hand towels, and when asked what I am doing, the first comment is, Oh that will be hard to clean! when I feel it is quite the opposite. My sister got similar comments to her queries about why most things were white, when buying

[lace] Re: David Naylor bobbins

2011-07-17 Thread the Mouzons
There is a very sweet obituary on page 9 in Lace #48 (1987) about this bobbin maker. It states that he passed away suddenly in August of 1987, and that he was a quiet person, full of warmth and friendship. I remember the obituary so distinctly because it is how I identified the maker of my

[lace] The LaceNews Channel on YouTube - update

2011-07-17 Thread Laurie Waters
Just a short update - I now have 969 lacemaking videos organized into 50 playlists on the LaceNews Channel on YouTube. The top playlists are: Tatting390 videos (I'm not really a tatter, but someone asked for it. You can only have 200 videos in a playlist, so tatting is split into 2

[lace] The LaceNews Channel on YouTube - correction

2011-07-17 Thread Laurie Waters
Here's a better URL for my favorite video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMfRepZAB0 Laurie lacen...@gmail.com http://lacenews.net http://http://www.youtube.com/user/lacenews - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

[lace] Royal lace and floral Bucks Point

2011-07-17 Thread Jean Leader
Dear all, I have just added two new pages to my website: the first one is about our visit to the lace museum in Caudry, France where the lace that decorated the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress was made http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/articles/weddinglace.html and the second one has some hints

[lace] Royal lace and floral Bucks Point

2011-07-17 Thread Jean Leader
Dear all, I have just added two new pages to my website: the first one is about our visit to the lace museum in Caudry, France where the lace that decorated the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress was made http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/articles/weddinglace.html and the second one has some hints

Re: [lace] Re: Lace - White

2011-07-17 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Sue et al, I agree, and find sense with what you say, except for white wedding dresses. It is my understanding that white wedding dresses only came into vogue when Queen Victoria wore white to her wedding. Before that, I believe they were many different colors. They were your best dress

[lace] Finnish travel pillow

2011-07-17 Thread lacelady
Found the webpage. See if this is the one you are looking for. http://www.arpuu.fi/web-content/etusivu.html No connection to this dealer... just like his pillows. Alice - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

[lace] Finnish travel pillow - PS

2011-07-17 Thread lacelady
Here is the page with the pillow details I think number 10 is the travel pillow sought. Sorry...I didn't find an English button on the home page. You made need to find a translator. Alice in Oregon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace] David Naylor

2011-07-17 Thread Clive Betty Rice
I rang Clive's cousin in England to ask about the village where I got my Bluebell bobbin by David Naylor. She informed me it was in 1986 that we first visited England after we returned to America in 1981. We were in Farnborough, Hampshire when I bought the bobbin. Does anyone else remember that

[lace] Clarification

2011-07-17 Thread Clive Betty Rice
I rang Clive's cousin in England to ask about the village where I got my Bluebell bobbin by David Naylor. She informed me it was in 1986 that we first visited England after we returned to America in 1981. We were in Farnborough, Hampshire when I bought the bobbin. Does anyone else remember

[lace] Jean's website

2011-07-17 Thread Lorelei Halley
Jean Your ideas about floral Bucks are very helpful. Thanks for posting them on line so we all can see. Lorelei Halley - 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: