Re: [lace] San Francisco area lace options

2018-11-25 Thread robinlace
-Wondering whether anyone here has been to the San Francisco area and can give some thoughts of visiting Lacis (in Berkeley) versus The Lace Museum (in Sunnyvale). Oh, please don't make it one vs. the other. They are both not-to-be-missed places. From SF it's a simple BART ride to Lacis (you

[lace] Trip to St. Gallen and Vienna

2018-11-25 Thread Devon Thein
There is a show at the Textile Museum in St. Gallen, Switzerland called Lace and Status, https://www.textilmuseum.ch/en/lace-and-high-society/ with 160 textiles. I have been wanting to go to St. Gallen for a while, and was very disappointed that I had to miss their exhibit and symposium on lace a

Re: [lace] San Francisco area lace options

2018-11-25 Thread Lorri Ferguson
I have been to both places, on the same trip to SF area. Lacis (in Berkeley) is very easy to get to as there is a BART stop just about across the street. The Lace Museum is also fairly easy to get to by public transportation I am told. When I was there I went just there and was picked up at the

Re: [lace] Teachers or no Teachers

2018-11-25 Thread Bobbi Donnelly
Well said Adele! bobbi - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] teachers no teachers

2018-11-25 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Arachnids I fully agree with Adele. I started learning from books (pre Pam Nottingham, only Maidment, Mincoff & Marriage, 2 by the Tebbs sisters, Devonia and de Dillmont’s DMC Encyclopaedia of Needlework. I did not have my first lesson until after I started teaching and shortly after that