[lace] Article on Brazilian bobbin lace with cactus pins

2011-05-22 Thread Janice Blair
Very interesting article. I wonder how the banana leaves stuffed pillow stood up over time. Wouldn't the leaves break down into compost? :-) Also the lace in the photo does not look too miniscule to me and that size of thread should produce more than a few inches a day. Janice " Incongruousl

[lace] Article on Brazilian bobbin lace with cactus pins

2011-05-20 Thread robinlace
Online article from "National Geographic Traveler" http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/genuine-article/morelli-text/1 excerpted: "Lace can be produced either with a needle and thread (needle lace) or by interweaving threads wound on bobbins. Bobbin lace is the predominant type of la