My earliest books were the 1970s version of the Margaret Maidment book, Louisa
Tebbs book (by the same publisher), and the little Amy Dawson book. Then we
got the Pam Notting hamâs mixed laces book, and Pam Robinsons book, and so
on.
I found some classes here in an outer suburb of Melbourne in
I remember attending a Towns Womens Guild in November 1970 in Lichfield, Staffs
where we had a talk on bobbin lace with a demonstration on a board using
probably, skipping ropes with wooden handles for the thread and bobbins. I was
one of those who thought it looked too difficult and being
My father may have (embraced the melting pot and he sure as heck wanted to be
sure I never visited the “old country” as second and third cousins were going
back to marry extended family members. Sicilian chain migration??) but his
father never really spoke English into the early 1990s. My
Also in the 1950’s I was a Girl Scout Library aide and found *Bobbins of
Belgium.* Don’t remember the author. The stories of post WWI Belgium were
horrifying but they were trying to make lace an economic craft in the ’20’s.
Cynthia
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My observation is that before the 60s America fully embraced the melting
pot model. My own Grandmother, for example, was not allowed to learn
Norwegian. She was the first in her family born in the US, but expected
to only know English. Preserving heritage from European countries was seen
by
Lyn
I did talk with Doris Southard many years ago and she told me that she first
heard of bobbin lace from an article in a women's magazine. (I don't remember
which one -- one of the grocery store kind.) She had been a weaver and did many
other textile crafts, but she was essentially
Very interesting stories in this topic. This is my own version. While in high
school in Denmark, I saw my mother making bobbin lace. I think she learned it
as a young girl in the 1910s. In the 1960s adult education classes were offered
in communities in Denmark, and she finally had a little
The Virginia Bath LACE book and also Golden Hands have been mentioned today.
 Not long ago, I reviewed both on Arachne.  The reviews are easier to read
on the New England Lace Group's home page at www.nelg.us
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Select Book Reviews from the menu on the Left.
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When there are no new books I wish
Hi fellow Arachnids,
For white (powder coated) metal rings I use the rings for lamp-shades. Many
paper/parchment lampshades utilise a wire ring at the top and bottom. These
are freely availablein several sizes in craftshops as well as on the internet
(Amazon to name but one) I have just checked,
Yes! You are correct. It was Knyppling. I couldnât remember what it was,
even though I picked up a copy at an estate sale fairly recently.
Devon
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Jo raises some interesting insights.
One thing she mentions is the crafts to leisure aspect. Originally there
seemed to be an ethos that one was practicing a âuseful craftâ. For
instance, you made a quilt because you needed a bed covering, or a doily
because every well kept house required
Dear Devon,
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Perhaps the book to which you refer was Knyppling, 1964, published (in
Swedish) by LTs Forlag in collaboration with the Swedish Lace-Making
Association. Â Author was Sally Johanson.
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It was re-published with the title of Traditional Lace Making in 1974 in the
U.S. in English by
My belief is that as it was featured in Golden Hands which I think was
published in UK in 1969 and the older Lacemakers were asked to do more
teaching. The WI used to have craft classes I think. Boredom with commercially
made items and a desire to learn, plus a little more money for hobbies?
Also, Spring Fling happened annually for many years, then every other year
for many more. Last year was the kast full-fledged version, however.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 2:52 PM H M Clarke wrote:
> Speaking from my familyâs perspective, my grandmother learnt as a child
in
> the
Maybe a chicken-and-egg thing? The books inspire the students who provide the
market for more books ⦠but what triggered the interest in the 70s in the
first place - Iâd bet on a backlash from the super-modern 60s. Thereâs
only so much bright yellow and lime green Fortrel a body can take. I
Speaking from my family’s perspective, my grandmother learnt as a child in the
1910s. This was at some local girls’ club in Suffolk. Then she married and had
a family (obviously!) and lace was put away. When she was sadly widowed in the
early 1960s she went back to making lace. She showed my
You will find Mary McPeek who was influential together with Trenna Ruffner
in getting Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux published with her English
translation. GLLGI recently published a compilation of Mary McPeekâs lesson
plans and prickings together with photographs of the pieces worked. Mary
taught
There were four ladies whose patterns were published but I can’t remember them
all. IIRC Mary McPeak was one and so was Trenna Rufner. Lovely ladies and
lovely lace. The Great Lakes Lace group had a seminar and several European
teachers came over. Exciting times.
C
On Mar 26, 2018, at 1:26
I dont know for sure, but she had lots of Tonder lace in her book. I think
she also had a pattern by Mary McPeak.
C
On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:37 PM, DevonThein wrote:
> Where did Doris Southard learn to make lace, or how?
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And there was Virginia Churchill Baths book *Lace*. She was from the Chicago
Art Institute.
C
On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:36 PM, DevonThein wrote:
> Adele makes the interesting point that it wasnt until the 1970s that it
> began to be possible to buy books published by
Thanks for mentioning the Torchon Lace Company and the Princess lace pillow.
I would relate this to the early 20th century lacemaking ideas which included
trying to make lace for money, rather than leisure. Examples include the Sybil
Carter missions and Italian Lace School (cut work). But, surely
Yes! Thanks. I just looked it up. 1987. I think Trenna Rufner was also
involved in the lace postage stamps.
Devon
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St Louis had the Torchon Lace company. They sold bobbins, the Princess lace
pillow and booklets of patterns. We found them in 1904 sources but couldnt
find any other information about them. The Princess pillow was in the Missouri
Historical Society collection.
Cynthia
On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:13
I learned in 1981. Missed a class and learned several grounds from the DMC
book. Also found bobbin lace in the Readers Digest handwork book. Crown and
Triangle from Doris Southards book was originally from Family Circle (or was
it Womans Day?) One of those grocery store magazines.
Cynthia
On
I consulted my notes which consist of a few writeups of Doris over the years.
She actually wrote on a 2005 Arachne thread âHow I Started lacemakingâ
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg14763.html
She was an avid weaver and knitter when she first discovered bobbin lace in
Lyn made a comment, that perhaps only I got, that she thought that the Back to
Earth movement had a lot to do with it. She discounts the Bi-Centennial.
However, there was a huge call for crafters during the Bi-Centennial. I
participated in the making of a quilt to commemorate Rockland Country (New
There was also the US bobbin lace stamp (well 4 stamps) organized by Mary
McPeak.
Bu I cant remember what year1980s sometime.
Cynthia
On Mar 26, 2018, at 9:59 AM, DevonThein wrote:
>
> I began to make lace in 1971, but I was not a very objective observer of
what
> was
Thanks to Lyn Bailey for pointing out that I seem to have given you the
general blog site. If you search Bayeux Tapestry in the search box you will
come to this:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/09/the-bayeux-tapestry-at-the-smithsonian-yes-but-who-made-it-when-where-and-why.html
-Karen
Just chiming in to say this is all very interesting and I look forward to
reading this all more carefully later!
Best,
Elena
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<< Shortly after I started in England in 1971 I bought a copy of Maidment
Bobbin Lace Work printed in 1971. >>
So interesting to see this cluster of books being published and republished in
the 1970s. But why?
Devon
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Lyn makes the point that airfare was getting cheaper so that there would have
been more exposure to lace. In fact, the first time I saw it was on a vacation
trip to Bruges probably in the late 1960s. I was an adolescent, and there were
girls my age making lace by the canals.
I have always thought
I too started in the 1970's as a teenager. Saw a demo on a local nostalgic
summer fair. Being crafty I wanted too try. Found a few books in the local
library, the local craft store happened to have bobbins in stock, improvised
a pillow and got hooked.
Those days some crafty Dutch magazines
One other factor in the 1970's is that airfare to Europe was getting cheaper.
In 1960 when my parents and I took a ship ten days each way, to Europe, that
trip cost as much as airfare to the same destination. In 1974, my husband and
I took a month trip to Europe and did an illegal charter
Shortly after I started in England in 1971 I bought a copy of Maidment Bobbin
Lace Work printed in 1971.
Maureen
E Yorks UK
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Dear Tess, how about paint? lrb
"My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members,
please ignore it. I read your emails."
>Tess Parrish wrote:
>Does anyone know where I can find white enameled metal rings 5-8” in diameter
>in which to mount laces to make hanging window decorations?
In response to the inquiry about the Bayeux Tapestry, I was reminded that I
might not have added that we now know who made the needle lace version of
the Bayeux Tapestry at the Smithsonian, and also approximately when. See
http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/ or search Bayeux tapestry Smithsonian.
Where did Doris Southard learn to make lace, or how?
Devon
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Adele makes the interesting point that it wasnât until the 1970s that it
began to be possible to buy books published by mainstream publishers about how
to make bobbin lace.
She observes that her lace club actually started in 1955 but had huge
impediments due to the lack of instruction and
Devon,
Doris Southard, an Iowa farm wife, was teaching bobbin lace in the 1970’s. Her
book “Bobbin Lacemaking” has a 1977 copyright.
Anita Hansen
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Sorry, I forgot to crop.
Maureen
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And I should, of course, mention needlelace as Nenia Lovesey wrote her first
book in the late 1970s, she signed my copy at a lace day in Essex in 1982.
Although I didn't try needlelace until after then.
Maureen
e Yorks UK.
> On 26 Mar 2018, at 17:42, Maureen
Does anyone know where I can find white enameled metal rings 5-8” in diameter
in which to mount laces to make hanging window decorations? Metal, white, but
not silver or gold. I have looked through the internet without success.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Tess (tess1...@aol.com in sunny but
People are contacting me privately with observations which are very
interesting.
One correspondent believes that post war immigration of Europeans to the US
was a factor in the development of lacemaking here.
This is an interesting observation because there were a number of people who
were major
>From: lynrbai...@supernet.com
>Sent: Mar 26, 2018 9:51 AM
>To: Devon Thein
>Subject: RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s
>
>Dear Devon, read your email the first time I woke up at 6. Now 9:20 and my
>coffee is brewing. Decadent hours. I was thinking about lacemaking in
Hi Devon:
The lace club I belong to (Vancouver Lace Club) started in 1955 but it was
slow going at first because the ladies could only get instruction from a
lacemaker who lived up the coast and only visited Vancouver once a year, to
demonstrate lace at the Pacific National Exhibition. She would
I too started lacemaking in The early 70s but I had seen it in Golden Hands and
found a local handicraft group that were putting a class on. Well I was going
for embroidery classes at the time, but moved over to the lace class,
supposedly for one term but which continued for a lot longer, to
Sue, your observation about taking a class in an adult school in England is
interesting. I think there was more of that in Great Britain than in the US at
the time. But, Holly van Sciver took an adult school class in England while
there for a college semester abroad. Eventually she was a large
Sue, your observation about taking a class in an adult school in England is
interesting. I think there was more of that in Great Britain than in the US at
the time. But, Holly van Sciver took an adult school class in England while
there for a college semester abroad. Eventually she was a large
I too started making lace in the 70s my interest was sparked purely by the
chance sighting of lace making classes starting at our local night school and
at the fact that I liked anything " crafty" after the first lesson I was well
and truly "hooked"
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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I am attempting to write a catalog for the Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber
Art from Lacemaking Techniques.
The exhibit will include the work of Ros Hills, Lieve Jerger, and Jill
Nordfors Clark who I consider to have begun their activity during the lace
revival of the 1970s. If I were to try to
Thanks to all who responded. I have the article in Lace 98 and it is very
interesting.
Devon
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Good morning
Can anyone tell me if and how I can contact Jane Rushworth who did, I think
live in the Cheshire area please?
Thank you
Maureen
Yorkshire UK.
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