[lace] Franciscan cords and kumihimo

2012-03-22 Thread bev walker
Hello everyone There is a good article in the latest OIDFA bulletin about the giant bobbins and cordstands used to make the cords for the apparel of the Franciscan monks. The article does not mention kumihimo braid-making, but the similarities to the braid stand, the maru-dai are remarkable. The b

Re: [lace] More on the Arizona archives

2012-03-22 Thread Carolina de la Guardia
As usual, many thanks Tess. Carolina. Barcelona. Spain. -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.carolgallego.com El 21/03/2012 19:00, tess1929 escribió: Our friend John Cropper has been busy in the last little while. There is a website called archive.org which has scanned many old books. I wa