My mother taught me to knit, crochet, embroider sew, bought the
Golden Hand Series, but the bit about bobbin lace in there didn't
register. My mother was teaching porcelain painting at the Bathurst
College's Winter School, when I started working I attended a Spinning
class. That's when I
Dear Jane
I am curious about what you see as the problems with the Dryad
lacemaking kit, assuming it's the same one as I got in 1985.
[In 1994 I started teaching because the owner of
our small craft shop, who understood the problems of the Dryad kit,
would only sell them to people she thought
Apart from the rough edges on the plastic bobbins, and the (too light)
plastic beads, as you say the pillow needed a cover. The main problem
was with the instructions - I understand The Lace Guild were in contact
with Dryad for years asking for these to be improved, but the response
was always
I learned to make lace from my mother, but she only learned to make it three
months before I did.
We were both entranced with the idea of bobbin lace from seeing it
demonstrated. Mom had purchased a book and bobbins, but neither one of us
really had the time to sit down and figure things out.
I saw lace being made in Tonder, Denmark ten years ago where I got
married. I had never even heard of doing lace this way and was
absolutely enthralled with it...stared at the store window every
chance I got! LOL!
For Christmas that year my hubby got me my first pillow and bobbins
and I
I am, as far as I know, the first lacemaker in our family. I remember
my step-father's great aunt tatting, but otherwise no-one else has taken
up this craft. I did learn other crafts from my family - my nanna
(father's mother) taught me to knit when I was about 5-6, and my mother
taught me
I'm the only lacemaker in my family. I also do a lot of petitpoint
and goldwork. My mother knit and did needlepoint but neither of my
grandmothers did any hand work of any type.
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site:
Whoops, sent it to the wrong list! That will teach me to wake up on a
Saturday morning :-)
My first attempts at bobbin lace were on a (Staffordshire) County
Guiders' Training Day where it was one of the activities on offer - that
was in March 1984. Got home all enthusiastic, can I have a pillow
Although I have always loved and used lace fabrics for some of my clothing. I
didn't know anything about bobbin lace until late 1980s when there wasn't time
or money to buy the kit I saw, or learn. Regretted not having it later when
I had more time on my hands but did find one in 2000. I didn't
My mother was a great teacher, seamstress and a master with a crochet hook.
She was always crocheting. She made these beautiful shawls and sweaters, my
favorites had these shell shaped forms. I haven't seen these in over 30
years.
She tried to teach me crochet while I was in elementary
... While looking at Half Price Books (in Austin) for tatting books I did
pick
up three or four books on bobbin lace. Every time I looked into the craft I
was whelmed. Then last August my middle son's God Mother and a good friend
asked if I wanted to join her at a Bobbin Lace class put on by
I guess you could say lace making is in my blood. I have the lace knitted
bedspread made by my great grandmother (even the steel douple-pointed needles
it was made with), but neither of my grandmothers knitted. Both were
crocheters but I taught myself to crochet and knit at age 12. I've been a
About 26 years ago I stumbled upon lace at a meeting of the 'Young Wives'
where the speaker was a local teacher of lacemaking - she came, I saw and I
was conquered!! The next day the very helpful speaker loaned me pillow and
bobbins and I was off. I knew straight away that I wanted to make
Lace in the genes?
Not for me, my mum knitted and my grandmother crocheted but my interest in
lace came from a friend at work who was just starting to learn herself. I
hope to get our local sew/craft group making lace so maybe I can spread the
skill through biscuits and coffee!!
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Hi All,
The last thing my Paternal Grandmother did in this world was to teach me to
crochet (I turned 10 the week she died). Alice always had a number of things
on the go, and supplied many things to local Fetes and was a major inspiration
for me. Not sure of Northern Hemisphere equivalent - ?
I was on holiday in Nothingham and there was a demo at the lace museum
. i had a try and thought it was not that complicated ...but once back
home didn't find a teacher till 30 years later in Paris ..
and I am the first to make lace . my mum did some sewing and knitting
and her sister was a
Synchronicity abounds on Arachne! I was just to ask if most have come into
bobbin lace (or other forms) via lineage, or self-initiation, and then Alice
posted this:
new lace student is very enthusiastic. Her grandmother made lace and she's
excited about learning how to do it.
Sometime they say
Oh good, a poll!
I found lace on my own, none of my foremothers did such a thing - they
sewed, mended, knitted, as required, during their careers as housewives and
mothers; they were also businesswomen. No lace pedigree in my family, and
none of my offspring or their offspring are interested.
HI all,
I am new to lace as of 2001.
I had tried everything else, from my mother's knee to classes to reading the
book to learn to do most everything, even weaving and spinning.
So Lace just seemed like the next step in the study of fiber Arts.
I have never regretted my interest in fiber arts.
I first saw Bobbin lace being worked in 1976 at a Heritage Fair and thought
some day I want to learn that. Then some 12-14 yrs. later I heard about
'gold and silver wire lace' and since I was using gold and silver wire in my
jewelry career I thought 'I can do that too' but realized I needed to
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