Per Sue's instructions, I ventured to look at this lace.
There are several pieces of this type of tape lace in my collection, which
disappoint next to the really nice bobbin-made Honiton laces. (It is nice
for a collector to have one for comparison.)
Sold by the yard, plain tapes are often
Brilliant poetry as ever, g Sue T
What is lace?
Lace is just air
Surrounded by thread
Without us lacemakers
The skill would be dead.
Lace can be bobbins
Flung about with great speed
Weaving patterns of beauty
Like magic, indeed.
Or
But whatever the method
The skill's quite unique
Sorry to have made such a stir. Of course they would not realize how much is
involved, but since knitting and knitted lace has enjoyed such a resurgence
the past decade, I hope/d that some exposure would help other lace forms.
Some of the interest in the US was tied to nesting post 9/11, and a
The article is very vague seeming to encompass large knitted shawls and
scraps of bobbin lace of a size suitable for pasting in a scrap book.
Actually, I think it is probably pretty easy to find an old piece of bobbin
lace
a couple of inches long at a flea market to paste in a scrap book,
Liz wrote:
It's
interesting to note that the author says artists are selling their
handmade bobbin everywhere! Does anyone know where that might be?
I thought of a place it might be on line, but have never looked for it. Go to
www.etsy.com and put in a search for bobbin lace. There is bobbin
Re - www.etsy.com
If you look under bobbin lace vintage there is a collar described as
English Honiton when I believe it is only tape lace stitched together
joined with a few bits of plait in bobbin lace, definitely not Honiton in my
humble opinion
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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If you look under bobbin lace vintage there is a collar described as
English Honiton when I believe it is only tape lace stitched together
joined with a few bits of plait in bobbin lace, definitely not Honiton in my
humble opinion
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
This sounds like what
Hi Sue - as someone else said this is Honiton Point. When Jacquie and I
were at Lace Convention in Worcester we were able to get a whole pile of old
patterns for Honiton point. A couple of days later at the Antiques Market
at Covent Garden (held on Mondays for anyone who is visiting London),
http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=1052
See, we are fashion forward! Now for more students, books republished,
threads made available again, etc., etc.! LOL
Best,Susan Reishus
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It's interesting to note that the author says artists are selling their
handmade bobbin lace everywhere! Does anyone know where that might be?
Liz in Raleigh, NC
Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com wrote:
http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=1052
See, we are fashion
lace. To make lace you start with thread, not
fabric. Should someone write to those people?
Regina
NY
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Subject: [lace] Lace Article You May
What is lace?
Lace is just air
Surrounded by thread
Without us lacemakers
The skill would be dead.
Lace can be bobbins
Flung about with great speed
Weaving patterns of beauty
Like magic, indeed.
Or needle and cotton
Drawn with such care
Making dainty delights
For lace lovers to wear
But lace
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