Lace Digest: In regard to a name for de Guardia's "witch stitch" lace, the English Lace Guild's quarterly, LACE #123, has a two page article with several photos by Marina Reglieiro _www.escueladeencajes.com_ (http://www.escueladeencajes.com) . She writes of Hinojosa Lace, which appears very like, if not identical to the lace called "witch stitch," and traces it to a small village in Badajos province where it was made for sale during the early part of the twentieth century. In "Hispanic Lace and Lace Making" May describes "twelve bobbin" lace, with or without ground, being made in Andalusia, picturing two with very similar appearance to those here discussed, but without indicating their place of origin. She comments that some of the laces of this area and time appear related to Flemish lace, illustrating one with snowball fillings, but pointing out that the designs are Spanish. de Guardia's efforts to sort out the origin of "witch stitch" lace will be interesting to follow, and I hope she publishes her discoveries. Lorraine Corden in California
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