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Subject: Re: [lace] Spanier Arbeit
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:19:25 +0100
I have seen two of the Spanier Arbeit gorms: one in Prague at the
OIDFA
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Thanks to Leonard for the link to the Financial Times article (18 March 2013).
I'm a bit slow in catching up with the digests. The latest edition of 'Threads'
(May 2013) features two striking all-lace dresses on the cover, and an
interview with their designer, Mimi Prober, who works
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On the one photo I looked at closely, I'd lean toward metal
embroidery--specifically couched threads.
Cynthia
On Jul 3, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Bridget Marrow wrote:
Have any of you watched the new Shakespear trillogy opening play;
Richard II.
Yes I know
Have any of you watched the new Shakespear trillogy opening play;
Richard II.
Yes I know it's machine lace but the gold lace in Ben Wishaws
white tunic gown was mesmerising.
Totally anachronistic, of course, but the whole thing was rather gorgeous.
Google may not have a closeup of the lace,
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Altogether a very pleasant visit, and nice and cool on the hottest day of the
year so far!
Bridget Marrow, in Pinner, UK
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on a modern form of Reticella,
Margaretenspitze, Clones crochet, Tatting and Lace Knitting, all with a
certain amount of how-to instructions. Worth looking for on a bookstand if you
don't subscribe.
Bridget Marrow (no commercial interest, just a happy subscriber)
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Dear Lorelei and other spidersthank you so much for posting the link to Iva
Proskova's wonderful lace. I was privileged to take a class with her when
OIDFA was in Prague in 2004. She was an inspiring teacher, encouraging us to
follow our design instincts whether small or large scale - I came
In fact, I am now wondering
if they are not handkerchiefs...If not handkerchiefs, could they be challice
veils? Often mistaken for handkerchiefs, they are used in the Catholic church
to cover the communion cup. Typically they have a rounded centre, rather than
square, of very fine material with
Who'd have thought there'd be so many different ways of pronouncing 5 little
letters!My email of yesterday went through with a section missing, so I'll try
again, with a comment on lexicalization:
I've just checked in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary (which isn't that short!):
it gives only the
Katelyn wrote:
LAY-sis appears to be how just about every English-speaker (UK or US) who
hasn't heard the term would guess to pronounce it. The pitfall here is that
the word is French in origin, so it's probably pronounced lah-SI, as the
english lacy, but the first vowel being more open, and
Historically galloon refers to metal thread lace or braid, as used on
military uniforms or 18th century laced coats.Here's the Wikipedia
definition: Galloon is a decorative woven trim sometimes in the form of a
braid and commonly made of metallic gold or silver thread, lace, or
embroidery. Galloon
Now I'm wondering if there were lace spats??? . There certainly
were! They may have been the most impractical garments ever thought of, but I
have a pair. They were in a bag of bits and pieces given to an amateur drama
group I belonged to. The wardrobe mistress could see no
stirred into
a Christmas pudding so it
may well be and it could certainly go on a garter. A silver thimble and a
small silver coin are some of the others Bridget Marrow in Pinner,
Middlesex.
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Apologies: my email sent on Friday seems to have arrived without its text!
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Those within reach of London might like to know that a panel of Jeroen
Verhoeven's Lace Fence is currently on display at the VA in a (free)
exhibition The Power of Making. A very
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Valenciennes lace in 1453? Oh dear, oh dear, whatever next! The date is
really too early for lace of any sort, and besides the idea of lace as a
trimming for a nightdress or underwear belongs to the 19th and 20th centuries,
when lace was no longer a luxury item worn to display your wealth. I
Dear Nathalie and other spiders the most immediate connection I can think of
is that Mozart's mother is said to have made lace. There is a portrait of her
holding up a piece of lace as if she is proud of it (see Google images). As
others have said, that was the great age of lace in dress - I
Dear Noelene
best definition so far! Thank you.
Bridget
Lace is just air
Surrounded by thread
If not for lacemakers
The craft would be dead.
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How about:
A pattern of holes surrounded by thread.
- that at least eliminates the worn out sock!
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 Linda wrote:
Does anyone know of any images on-line of antique lace fans? It would
be interesting to see if there differences in their design.
This website
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/exhibition.asp?exhibition=FANS
shows fans from an exhibition Unfolding
It so happens I have just been reading a book on Tatting: Technique and
History by Elgiva Nicholls (a Dover reprint of a book first published in
1962). In the historical introduction she describes two portraits very
similar to the one Yuko saw:
It has been said that the employment of the
I had loads of entries for my double raffle. So this morning I turned them out
off the box, gave them a good stir round, and drew the winners:
For the HONITON TEA TOWEL - Shere'e Robinson
For the LACEMAKER CROSS STITCH CHART - Vickie Green
I'm sorry to dissappoint the rest of you, better
Can you ask if the book is still for sale and if so how I can get one please
Thank you
Faye Owers
Tasmania
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Bridget Marrow
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...There's a book: Simply Bucks. a collection of original Bucks Lace Patterns
by Jane Lewis
in the UK Lace Guild library, which can be borrowed...
Dear Celia
I don't know the book, but I do know Jane Lewis. She's my lace teacher. I can
ask her tomorrow if the Flowers fan is one of hers.
to enter both, but separate
emails please. I'm happy to post anywhere in the world, and will make the draw
on 31 May.
Best of luck!
Bridget Marrow, 'enjoying' a damp bank holiday in Pinner, UK
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I was lucky enough to see the Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Reef (or part of it)
when it was exhibited in London 2 or 3 years ago. It was beautifully displayed
and lit. Quite awesome - using fishing line and bits of plastic as well as
conventional materials to conjure up the beauty of all the sea
that was painted 40 years after her
death. It has no lace - just a little embroidery at the neck and cuffs.
Bridget Marrow, in Pinner, Middlesex.
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come into it. Enjoy it for the sexy romp it
is, but please don't confuse it with History!
Bridget Marrow, in Pinner, Middlesex, where I've spent the first afternoon of
Spring making lace in a sunny conservatory.
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I'm forwarding this request from Heather Toomer, as she is not on Arachne.
Bridget
Toomers 25/02/2010 17:28
Catalan Lace - news and query
I recently spent a fascinating afternoon in the lace museum at Arenys de Mar,
on the coast just north of
Its always interesting to see new uses for lace in fashion - traditional or
extravagant.
Check out the BRIT AWARDS, held in London about a week ago. I wouldn't normally
take much notice of them, but the newspaper pictures made me investigate
further.
Most extraordinary was LADY GAGA, who
bobbins
and on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 kenn van dieren replied:
...the copyright symbol is for the name of the tool Gimp Grabber not the
tool itself...
Bridget Marrow, in Pinner, Middlesex.
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Hi Mark and other Arachnids
like you, I've never read LES MISERABLES, and I must be one of the few
remaining Londoners who hasn't seen the musical. But I know (I've just
checked) that the story begins in 1815, and the main action takes place not
during the original French Revolution, but a
Robin wrote:
I believe milk was used to darken, not lighten the lace. Milk is used to brown
crusts on baked goods and can be used like lemon juice as an invisible ink
that appears when heated. The speaker (in the book) also compares using milk
to make the lace cream instead of the darker yellow
This reached me from another email list. I'm sure it will be of interest to
Arachne. Our Australian spiders may know more about it? Bridget, on a very
snowy day in Pinner, UK
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:03:08 +
From: Peter McNeil peter.mcn...@uts.edu.au 03/12/2009 01:56
Subject: Love
I'm very behind with lace digests, but have finally set aside some time this
weekend to read them and browse through all the fascinating links.
When I got to the piece about Urh Sobocan the name didn't ring a bell, but the
story did - the young Slovenian artist designing lace pictures which
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:32:32 -From: Jean Nathan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]A seller on ebay is asking for help identifying
an item he/she thinks is for lacemaking (yes another one, but at least
he/she's asking for help)http://tinyurl.com/2a4rvtIsn't it our old friend the
Golf Tee?
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With the lace list being so quiet just now, I thought I'd tell you about one of
my latest genealogical finds. While tracing one family (the Braybrooks) on my
Dad's side, I found census records for them in 1841 in Keyston, Huntingdonshire
and all the female members of the
Dear Carole
Yes, I would opt for a CD such as you describe - it would take up less
room than a book, and I am seriously short of shelfspace!
It would be wonderful to be able to print out patterns as one needed them
- the pricking straight onto card - and I assume would make scaling up or
down
Greetings Spiders
I'm just breaking in a new computer and I have lost (hopefully only
mislaid?) my favourites list. Please could someone remind me of the url
for the Arachne Archive? Then I can bookmark it in what seems to be a new
system.
Bridget, in Watford, England
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. and the last open day will
be Sunday 17 June 07.
Jennie Clarke (Secretary) Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Bedford Museum
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Bridget Marrow, in Watford, England, where it has suddenly turned wintry
again
original message:
[lace] Cecil Higgins Museum, Bedford
Elizabeth Ligeti
Wed, 14 Mar 2007
country :D
and in England the commonest word is 'sequin', which derives from Arabic
and I believe originally meant a small gold coin.
Bridget Marrow, in damp Hertfordshire.
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Have a look at:
http://www.kerrytaylorauctions.com
go to current auction - the lace begins at lot 184.
There's an interesting selection, though the standard of photography is not
really good enough for lace details.
Bridget, in Watford, England.
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Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:51:23 +0100 (CET)
I'd not heard of this use of saffron before. It
could only have been common
in countries like Spain where saffron is cheap.
Just had to come out of lurkdom
I was pleased to read (Sat, 08 Jul 2006) about the new revival of Shirley
Gee's play Ask for the Moon, and sorry I couldn't get to see it. I well
remember the original London production at (I think) the Hampstead Theatre.
Shirley Gee was a promising playwright of the 1970s/80s who died far too
The
art of tatting may be traced to the 16th century
Italian macrame work, and is a variation of the punto a gruppo or knotting
stitch. It was done in France in the 18th century.
If it were done that long ago, HOW did they do it?
What is the oldest reference to a tatting shuttle as
we know
mood, I arrived home to find a package from the Lace Guild
with a copy of Jean Leader's new book of motifs for review - so that will
keep me busy when I'm not at my pillow.
Bridget Marrow, on a dark, dreary day in Watford, Hertfordshire.
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What a wonderful picture! Thank you very much, Brenda and Lori, for making
it available to us. You can see the lace they are making quite clearly - How
interesting that it is what we would now call Bedfordshire, or Beds/Cluny.
Bridget, in Hertfordshire UK, where the sun is shining and the
Hi Malvary and other spiders,
I shall also be painting bobbins on Saturday and multi-plaiting on Sunday!
I look forward to seeing you there. I have a spider-web brooch that I shall
wear (if I can find it in time) and also a spider pin for my pillow.
Bridget, in Watford, England
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The new THREADS magazine (April/May 2006 - isn't the year going fast?) has
an article on dressmaking with lace. Of course they are talking about
machine lace yardage. They show examples of the three 'fashion' laces -
known as Alencon, Chantilly and Guipure - that we were discussing a while
Hi Bev and other spiders
I've just ordered, from a mail order catalogue, a denim dress with a panel
of tape lace across the back. Not quite so revealing as the Marie Claire
one, but obviously part of the same trend. I hope it will be the star of my
summer wardrobe and I'll be able to wear
on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 Jean Barrett wrote:
Susan does not strike me as a victorian name. I have been searching for
a 'Jean' bobbin for years but I know that I am unlikely to find one.
Victorians just did not call their daughters that
Dear Jean and all spiders,
I think there were Susans
I've just done a Google image search on Cornelis de Vos, and found some
portraits of people wearing fantastic lace. Including his own little
daughters (but not the St Nicolas - thank you, Jo, for posting the link)
Recommended for eye candy.
Bridget, in Watford, England.
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This is a query for British arachnes:
Does anyone know the date of the next Cockfosters (North London) lace day?
It's usually quite early in the year (? February), and I expected details to
be in the latest edition of Lace, but there is nothing there, nor on the
Lace GUild website.
Bridget
on Sat, 15 Oct 2005 Anne Toney wrote:
Maybe there's hope for the fashion world after all. I noticed that one
piece of advice is steer clear of synthetics. I wish there were more
pictures, as I don't have time right now to search for the items mentioned.
Dear Anne
if you go to the website
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Irene wrote:
Is there somewhere on the internet that I can see what 3 pair italian lace
looks like?
I am curious.
Another site you might look at is
http://www.italiainvita.it/workshops/merletti/gorizia.html
- the workshop happened last year, but there is an explanation of
Dear Anne
I have just got back from a weekend in Normandy. These are the places we
went to:
BAYEUX - the Musee Baron Gerard has a lace display, alongside other local
items. They have the original of one of the well-known lacemaker paintings -
by Frederic Panchet (1812-1895). The Museum is
For amusement only, have a look at
www.mkgalerie.nl/ shanewaltener_wonderweb.htm
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Thank you, Ilske, for your description of what sounds like a marvellous
exhbition - I only wish I could get to see it. I was lucky enough last year
to go to the OIDFA meeting in Prague and see the work of Emilie Palicková
and other wonderful Czech lace makers
Bohemian garnets are real
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 Tamara P Duvall wrote:
In Prague, in one of the exhibits, I saw a totally modern
piece - huge, in comparison to old Mechlin - where the ice ground
was used to delineate glass panes in a picture of a (cathedral?)
window. The downstrokes might have been elongated a bit (an
On Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 05:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Plonk is a term we use for the type of wine that you can clean a toilet
with.
It's said to be a corruption of 'vin blanc', as encountered by British
soldiers in France for the first time during World War I.
Bridget, in
Good to see that DMC are reviving an old idea.
I have some (very) old skeins of linen floss that I bought years ago from
someone who was having a turnout. They are labelled Knox's Linen Floss -
size 3. And yes, I have used them for lace, usually as gimps with a more
conventional linen thread.
Reading about DMC's new linen thread reminds me that they seem to have given
up supplying Danish Flower Thread. Does anyone know of another stockist?
It seems to be almost unobtainable in the UK now.
Bridget, in Watford, England
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It's not all bad news at the VA. The main costume gallery (Room 40) is due
to reopen in February with a new permanent display as well as a temporary
exhibition 'Style and Splendour: Queen Maud of Norway's wardrobe 1896-1938'
(Queen Maud was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria). I don't know
Dear spiders
does anyone know how I can buy a copy of Vera Cockuyt's book 'Suggestions
how to Improve Binche'? I have a copy on loan from the Lace Guild at the
moment, I'm finding it most useful and shall miss it when it has to go back,
so I'd like my own copy.
Do any of the UK suppiers carry
Dear Spiders
I have decided to join Devon's campaign to make lace more visible by wearing
lace (particularly modern lace) in public rather than keeping it for lace
days and annual conventions.
So, on Friday I went to a neighbour's drinks party wearing a pendant I made
at the OIDFA course in
Dear Devon and other spiders
I now have a copy of the (printed) catalogue for the 15/16 December auction.
There is quite a lot of lace, as well as costume and other textiles.
Apparently it is only 'part 1' of the Springett Bobbin collection.
Seven lots (595-601) are identified as from the Pat
and English, and some gorgeous
patterns.
Happy lacing
Bridget Marrow
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Dear Beth and Helene Its a date! I'll do my best to be there, and will
wear my spider-web brooch. Bridget in Watford, England Date: Thu, 25 Nov
2004 14:47:00 +
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Subject: [lace] Christmas Lacemaker's Fair at NEC
Hi, everyone
Helene (Dowler, from NY) and I will be
Thank you, Devon, for the Met Museum link. Its a wonderful piece and the
photography is awesome.
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=20viewmode=0item=1987.277
A few years ago I saw a similar peice of Chinese needlelace at an antique
dealer's in London. It was dated early
Here is more than you probably wish to know about Prince Philip. From the
royal family's website:
http://www.royal.gov.uk
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich,
was born Prince of Greece and Denmark in Corfu on 10 June 1921.
He was born the only son of Prince
OOps! I made a mistake. Jumping to conclusions, I managed to confuse two
different Vintage Textile Fairs - same venue, different dates.
The Antique Vintage Clothing and Textile Fair on Sunday 26 September 10am
- 5pm, at the Armitage Centre, Fallowfield, Manchester
Thank you, Steph, for calling our attention to the forthcoming Antique
Vintage Clothing and Textile Fair (Sunday 26 September 10am - 5pm, Armitage
Centre, Fallowfield, Manchester)
However, on a point of accuracy, the fair is not organized by Artizania,
though they seem to be claiming it for
At an OIDFA gathering some years ago, probably in Belgium, I remember
hearing a piece of bobbin-with-needle lace referred to as mixed-up
Brussels!
Bridget, in Watford, England.
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Well, I finally got to the Myth or Mystery exhibition. I was all set to
go on Saturday, but the trains were not running a full service at the
weekend, and I jibbed at doing half the journey by bus. So, I missed the
presentations and had the place almost to myself on Monday.
It took me some
into place!
I've made enough to trim the cuffs on a blouse, and I'm very pleased with
it.
Bridget Marrow, in Watford, England (wondering where the summer has gone)
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Moravia Linen
with me anyway, just in case, and because I like the colours!
I shall be in Prague from 8 July, and I hope to meet some of you at the
workshops and some more at lunch on Sunday. I have a small spider brooch to
wear, and will be on the lookout for others.
Happy lacing
Bridget Marrow
Dear Spiders
I've just got my requirements list for the workshop I'm doing in Prague
before the OIDFA Congress. The thread they've asked for is Linen 33/4.
I've never come across this, and it doesn't seem to be in Brenda's Threads
for Lace book. If any of you have worked with it, can you
on Sun, 11 Apr 2004 Johanna Brown wrote:
I was watching an old movie with Catherine Hepburn as Mary, Queen of
Scots
and in once scene where Mary is in her drawing room with her ladies in
waiting, one of the ladies is doing bobbin lace
Dear Johanna and esteemed Spiders,
I'm sure I saw
!
I don't alas know whether it is still in print, but do get hold of it if you
can.
Published in 1995 by the Elviston Press, Boston Spa, England.
ISBN 0 9522709 35
Good hunting!
Bridget Marrow, in Watford, England.
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My booking confirmation has come through. Hooray!
So I shall be in Prague, and also at the Lace Guild convention in
Scarborough.
I look forward to meeting other spiders there - and hope I'll have got my
spider brooch finished in time!
Keep lacing
Bridget, in Watford England, where Spring has
Not on holiday, but I did go away for a lovely lacey weekend at Great
Missenden. The course was on Belgian laces (Flanders, Binche, Bruges etc)
and I have at last made a start on Cathy Belleville's Olive Branch pattern.
Going well so far :-)
Only the weather let us down - instead of spring
on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:49:08 + Jean Barrett wrote:
Can I canvas opinions on how patterns are presented in books. ...
If you were buying a book would you prefer to have such patterns
cut in half, probably with an overlap so that you can put them together
again, or would you prefer them to
Spare a thought for us poor Brits. It'll be at least another fortnight
before I get my copy of the Bulletin.
Bridget, in damp and dreary Hertfordshire, UK
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Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today!
I don't know the Bowes Museum personally, but have seen some publicity for
their current exhibition (until 18 April 2004). Wedding Belles - two
centuries of bridal gowns. From the brochure, these appear to be positively
dripping with lace!
With best wishes for a wonderful trip
Happy new year
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Jean Barrett wrote: I am not a very learned lace
historian, but any who has been making lace for a few(!) years gathers a
little of the history along the way. I settled down to watch a production of
Shakespeare's 'Richard II' yesterday evening. It was from the Globe theatre,
Many thanks to all those who sent me Barbara Fay's email address. I'm about
to go on holiday, but will contact her when I get back.
Keep lacing
Bridget Marrow
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More information please:
Has anyone an email addy. (or snailmail address) for the bookseller Barbara
Fay? I don't think she has a website.
thanks,
Bridget, in Watford UK.
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Dear Spiders,
I'm currently working my way through Mary Niven's Flanders Lace, and its
driving me mad! I don't really like working from diagrams, and find
Flanders ground very frustrating - 4 pairs and 6 (count 'em!) separate
stitches for one pinhole! I'm more used to Point ground, where you
I too am a great fan of the Fan Museum in Greenwich. They pulled out all
the stops last year with an exhibition of lace fans to mark the OIDFA visit.
Over now, alas, but there are some pictures on their website:
www.fan-museum.org
go to Temporary Exhibitions - Exhibition Archive.
The current
Annette wrote:
I'm not old enough to remember
farthings, since they were withdrawn when I was about 3 years old, but I
have seen them - I think they had a robin on the back.
The bird on the back of a farthing was a wren - the smallest British bird
for the smallest British coin. I have one on a
Addresses for the UK second hand book dealers that Brenda mentioned are:
Judith Mansfield Books
Claremont South
Burnley Road
TODMORDEN
Lancashire OL14 5LH
Black Cat Books
Ann Morgan-Hughes
Meadow Cottage
High Road, Wortwell
HARLESTON Norfolk IP20 0EN
another who specialises in books
I've just been to the Dutch lace guild website to check out their new book,
and also found some charming free patterns. They are little motifs suitable
for key rings or jewellery: one valenciennes, two bucks point. Go to
http://www.lokk.nl/defaultboek.html
and click on gratis patroon on the
There's a charming and very unusual Lacemaker Doll on eBay UK:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3231451268category=114
(sorry, I don't know how to turn it into a proper link)
Item number 3231451268
Bridget, in Watford, England.
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