Re: [lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations?

2016-03-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Malvary, I think you have got it spot on. Brenda > > I might suggest finding a nice Celtic knot pattern and working that. Whether people in Celtic nations ever made such a thing (probably not) isn't really the point, it is to give the feel of the designs and for people to see lace being made so

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations?

2016-03-12 Thread Malvary Cole
It seems to me that while it is good for Sally to find out about lace in Celtic nations, there probably won't be much time for her to pass on the information she has gleaned to the people who are wandering about. What they will be interested in, is to see her making lace. I might suggest

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations?

2016-03-12 Thread Clay Blackwell
nd some information about bobbin lace specifically in the >> Celtic nations (officially: Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Brittany >> [northwest corner of France], and Cornwall, and some lists also include >> Galicia in northern Spain). Can someone recommend a book or other so

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations? - a brief history lesson!

2016-03-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Being Celtic is a cultural thing, not a genetic identity or a political nationality. At the time of the last glacial maximum (ice age) human populations in Europe were confined to three small area; the Atlantis (modern Ukraine), the Balkans (modern Greece) and Iberia (modern Basque region of

[lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations

2016-03-12 Thread Jane Partridge
You haven't mentioned any time period - is the demonstration meant to reflect what is being done in the regions regarded as having a Celtic past now, or in historical times? If now, then you could probably make more or less anything as most modern lacemakers don't worry about only working the lace

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations?

2016-03-11 Thread Brenda Paternoster
not a traditional lacemaking area. Galicia is most definitely a Celtic region, but again I don’t think they have any tradition of bobbin lace. Brenda > > I'd like to find some information about bobbin lace specifically in the > Celtic nations (officially: Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Is

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations?

2016-03-11 Thread Jeriames
, but the organizers wanted some fiber arts too, so here I go. I'd like to find some information about bobbin lace specifically in the Celtic nations (officially: Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Brittany [northwest corner of France], and Cornwall, and some lists also include Galicia in northern

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations?

2016-03-11 Thread Debora Lustgarten
will be demonstrating bobbin lace at a Celtic Festival. Most of the festival involves music and dance, but the organizers wanted some fiber arts too, so here I go. I'd like to find some information about bobbin lace specifically in the Celtic nations (officially: Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Brittany

[lace] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations?

2016-03-11 Thread Sally Jenkins
Hello all, In 2 months I will be demonstrating bobbin lace at a Celtic Festival. Most of the festival involves music and dance, but the organizers wanted some fiber arts too, so here I go. I'd like to find some information about bobbin lace specifically in the Celtic nations (officially: Ireland