[lace] Lace in Sri-Lanka

2019-01-18 Thread miriam gidron
I don't know much about lace in Sri-Lanka, but several years ago my son was there for several weeks. During one of his strolls into the woods he came upon a small hut and a woman making bobbin lace. She allowed him to take her picture and he asked her if she could sell him a pair of bobbins (for m

[lace] lace in Sri Lanka - longish

2006-10-22 Thread A Thompson
Dear Spiders Among the many organisations I belong to is the Oxford Asian Textile Group (England). I can seldom get to the meetings, but the Newsletter is well worth while. In February 2005 an article told us of the disastrous effect the Tsunami had had on the Lace Industry of southern Sri Lank