[lace] Bobbins--new Downton, Devon Trolly & Malmesbury

2019-03-01 Thread hottleco
My bobbins arrived today & I am thrilled! John Aebi kindly made a few pairs of Downton, Devon & Malmesbury bobbins to go with my lace samples so I posted pics to Arachne Flickr. The Downton ones are bird's eye maple--spotted, sort of like the nitric acid/Aqua Fortis effect. Way cool. The others

[lace] Point Ground Lace, a Comparative Study

2019-03-01 Thread Susan
There’s a ton of info packed into this small book so thanks again to all who recommended it. It will be returned to the IOLI library shortly in case anyone else wants to steep themselves in the minutiae of point ground—definitely worth a read. The bibliography alone is amazing & I accidentally

Re: [lace] Estonia 2020 question

2019-03-01 Thread Penelope Piip
Alice wrote: The new OIDFA Bulletin tells about a lace festival in Parnu in July each year, but doesn't give any dates. Does anyone know if the dates of this festival in July 2020 will be close enough to the OIDFA Congress (the first of August) for someone to attend both? The dates in July