Re: [lace] Seeking lacemaker with Chinese language skills

2019-09-27 Thread Delores Miller
Dear Sally, I am a lace maker in Sedro Woolley, WA. I have a Chinese friend who is willing to help with this. I would show her the techniques and she would try to find the correct Chinese word. Would you like to have us try our hand at helping you? Delores Miller On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at

[lace] Seeking lacemaker with Chinese language skills

2019-09-27 Thread Sally Jenkins
Dear Arachne friends, I am teaching beginning Torchon to a Chinese woman who speaks no English. We are both doing well, but would do even better if I could find a *lacemaker* who could read and write Chinese. Specifically I need to get the *written form* for some lace-specific terms. If that goes

[lace] "Jean Lucinda's Lace Lessons"

2019-09-27 Thread Adele Shaak
Just to let you know a member of our local found Jean Lucinda. I don’t know how you can search somebody just by their first and middle names, without knowing the last, but she does! Jean Lucinda turned out to be longtime local lacemaker Jean Astbury (1905-1991). Jean was the first lacemaker I

[lace] Trolly bobbin

2019-09-27 Thread Alex Stillwell
Well done Brian. Thank you for all your work on the history and classification of bobbins Alex - 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: