Hello Michelle
Welcome to the world of bobbin lace. And the world it is, there are
subscibers on this list from all around
the world, ready to give advice and help.
As to help: have you looked at this site?
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/
It is very good for beginners, from very basics, to
My copy arrived yesterday also.
As this issue is the last one that Cindy has edited, I think it is an
excellent issue, full of interesting reading.
I'd like to congratulate her on doing a wonderful job for the last 5
years. I'm also pleased that I was able,
as one of the proofreaders, to have
Welcome to the wonderful world of LACE, Michelle!
Get in touch with the lacemakers who are members of the Rocky Mountain
Lace Guild
http://www.rockymountainlaceguild.org/ and you will have lots of help.
And you can also join the International Organization of Lace, Inc
(which was the
Hello All! Adding to Robin's comment about PLG, it's been great fun to
participate in the Pittsburgh Folk Festival demo at the Convention Center in
Monroeville. Also the annual Christmas event at the Cathedral of Learning
downtown where there is a large piece of lace on display, if memory
Hereâs hoping they come today!
Thanks everyone for letting me know Iâm not alone!
Sue
sueba...@comcast.net
From: Diane Williams
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:08 AM
To: Sue Babbs
Subject: Re: [lace] Needlelace Covers on IOLI Winter 2013 Bulletin
I haven't gotten mine yet either :(
Over the past few years I have made lace at te library. During the summer I
sit in the reading garden near the entrance. In inclement weather I go
inside...alternating between the Sci Tech department...where they keep the
lace books...and the Children Young Adult section. Lots of
Thank you for the welcome!
I am in the denver area. So I will check out the resources mentioned. Thank
you.
I have checked out the http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/, site. It is very
helpful but many of the beginner patterns have broken links. I love the
gifs that sure how the stitchs.
Rosemary also sells her book direct, and accepts PayPal:
http://www.lacedaisypress.com.au/pubs2.html
I too learnt the basics from this book, with no local group or teacher
nearby (but also with the help of Arachne members via the internet - now
over 14 years ago!)
Noelene in Cooma
I learned
Great idea. I'm working on Hinojosa now, and I've taken Marina's book to show
what I aspire to. : )
Peg
in an even chillier Cleveland, OH...where it will be in the single digits (F)
tonight. BRRR
--- On Tue, 1/22/13, mary carey d...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: mary carey d...@hotmail.com
I first saw bobbinlace in a demo in 1965. It took me until 1973 before I met
another person who knew what it was. She gave me Doris Southard's address.
It was only in 1981 that I started seriously, with her book.
Snail mail only,no internet, no books in the library. Advertisements in the
IOLI
I went ahead checked it again and it works. Maybe I hit it during an off
time. That makes me happy! I want to try out the samples.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Agnes Boddington
ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote:
Hello Michelle
I just had a look at the site, and all appears to be working
Ditto for me, Clay! I knew about bobbin lace through books from my
general interest in textile techniques and purchased a copy of Pam
Nottingham's Technique of Torchon Lace in a Dublin, Ireland bookstore
a full 20 years before I stumbled upon a lace pillow in a cross stitch
shop which was my
I might not be able to quite match that, depending on how early in the 50s but
I come close - and was probably closest to a teacher for at least some of those
years. My grandmother was making lace as a hobby from long before I was born so
I saw it being made from an incredibly early age. Sadly,
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